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Direct linkSockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
This study investigated the influence of five problem characteristics on students' achievement-related classroom behaviors and academic achievement. Data from 5,949 polytechnic students in PBL curricula across 170 courses were analyzed by means of path analysis. The five problem characteristics were: (1) problem clarity, (2) problem familiarity,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, College Students
Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The aim of the present study was to investigate how situational interest develops over time and how it is related to academic achievement in an active-learning classroom. Five measures of situational interest were administered at critical points in time to 69 polytechnic students during a one-day, problem-based learning session. Results revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, College Students
Yew, Elaine H. J.; Chng, Esther; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
Problem-based learning (PBL) is generally organized in three phases, involving collaborative and self-directed learning processes. The hypothesis tested here is whether learning in the different phases of PBL is cumulative, with learning in each phase depending on that of the previous phase. The scientific concepts recalled by 218 students at the…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Problem Based Learning, Scientific Concepts, Learning Processes
The Relationship between Students' Small Group Activities, Time Spent on Self-Study, and Achievement
Kamp, Rachelle J. A.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; van Berkel, Henk J. M.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the contributions students make to the problem-based tutorial group process as observed by their peers, self-study time and achievement. To that end, the Maastricht Peer Activity Rating Scale was administered to students participating in Problem-Based Learning tutorial groups.…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Problem Based Learning, Rating Scales, Peer Evaluation
Schaap, Lydia; Schmidt, Henk G.; Verkoeijen, Peter P. J. L. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to gain insight into determinants of knowledge growth among first-year psychology students in a curriculum that uses the Progress Test (an assessment method for long-term retention of knowledge and knowledge growth) as its main assessment tool. To that end, the relation between the level of initial learning, prior…
Descriptors: Psychology, Problem Based Learning, Student Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
Sockalingam, Nachamma; Schmidt, Henk G. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2011
This study aimed to identify salient problem characteristics perceived by students in problem-based curricula. To this end, reflective essays from biomedical students (N = 34) on characteristics of good problems were text-analyzed. Students identified eleven characteristics, of which they found the extent to which the problem leads to desired…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes, Essays, Biological Sciences
Sockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
This study aimed to identify the attributes that students and tutors associated with effective PBL problems, and assess the extent to which these attributes related to the actual effectiveness of problems. To this end, students and tutors in focus groups were asked to discuss about possible attributes of effective problems. The same participants…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Problem Based Learning, Tutors, Teaching Methods
Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
The study sought to explore whether interactional teacher characteristics such as social congruence, subject-matter expertise, and cognitive congruence increase situational interest in students. Correlational and path analyses were conducted on a sample of 498 polytechnic students to assess potential differences in situational interest based on…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Role, Classroom Environment
Yew, Elaine H. J.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
The goal of this study was to increase our understanding of the learning-oriented verbal interactions taking place between students during the problem-based learning (PBL) cycle. The verbal interactions of one PBL group of five students throughout an entire PBL cycle were recorded in this data-intensive case study. The verbatim transcript…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Classroom Communication, Case Studies, Independent Study
Severiens, Sabine E.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
The present study explores the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) on social and academic integration and study progress. Three hundred and five first-year students from three different psychology curricula completed a questionnaire on social and academic integration. Effects of a full-fledged PBL environment were compared to (1) effects of a…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Problem Based Learning, Credits, Educational Environment
Schmidt, Henk G.; van der Molen, Henk T.; te Winkel, Wilco W. R.; Wijnen, Wynand H. F. W. – Educational Psychologist, 2009
Effects of problem-based learning as reported in curricular comparison studies have been shown to be inconsistent over different medical schools. Therefore, we decided to summarize effects of a single well-established problem-based curriculum rather than to add up sometimes-conflicting findings from different problem-based curricula. Effect sizes…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Medical Education, Medical Schools, Problem Based Learning
Schmidt, Henk G.; Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Van Gog, Tamara; Paas, Fred – Educational Psychologist, 2007
Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006) suggest that unguided or minimally guided instructional approaches are less effective and efficient for novices than guided instructional approaches because they ignore the structures that constitute human cognitive architecture. While we concur with the authors on this point, we do not agree to their equation…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cognitive Structures, Problem Based Learning, Educational Principles
Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Schmidt, Henk G. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: Constructivist views of learning have brought conceptions of learning to attention again. Conceptions are considered important determinants of effective learning. Students can differ in their conceptions depending on their educational experience. Aims: The present study investigated students' conceptions of constructivist learning. Do…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Experience, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning
Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2008
The present study investigated relationships between students' conceptions of constructivist learning on the one hand, and their regulation and processing strategies on the other hand. Students in a constructivist, problem-based learning curriculum were questioned about their conceptions of knowledge construction and self-regulated learning, as…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Psychology, Learning Strategies, Problem Based Learning
Soppe, Marleen; Schmidt, Henk G.; Bruysten, Rachel J. M. P. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and Cognition, 2005
The results of an experimental study investigating the influence of problem familiarity on learning in a problem-based psychology course are presented. Participants worked with either a "familiar" or an "unfamiliar" version of the same problem. The following measurements were taken (1) a measure of problem quality as perceived by students, (2)…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Problem Sets, Problem Based Learning, Psychology
