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Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Barrows, Howard S. – Cognition and Instruction, 2008
This article describes a detailed analysis of knowledge building in a problem-based learning group. Knowledge building involves increasing the collective knowledge of a group through social discourse. For knowledge building to occur in the classroom, the teacher needs to create opportunities for constructive discourse in order to support student…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Problem Based Learning, Inquiry, Group Behavior