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Elaine Kit Ling Yeung; Miao Zhong; Jing Huang; Man Ho Chan; Carrey Tik Sze Siu; Him Cheung – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
This study compares direct instruction to two constructivist approaches, namely experimentation and problem-based learning, in fifth-grade science learning in Hong Kong. Constructivist instructional approaches, contrary to direct instruction, stress on students' active role in constructing knowledge in learning. Experimentation and problem-based…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Science Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Problem Based Learning
Kim, Du Gyu; Lee, JaeMu – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
This study examined an instruction method for the improvement of information processing abilities in elementary school students. Current elementary students are required to develop information processing abilities to create new knowledge for this digital age. There is, however, a shortage of instruction strategies for these information processing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Problem Based Learning, Cognitive Processes
Nyet Moi Siew; Ruslan Mapeala – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2016
This research was conducted to evaluate the effects of Problem-based Learning (PBL) with Thinking Maps (TM) teaching method (PBL-TM) on Fifth Graders' science critical thinking. The critical thinking skills evaluated were Comparing and Contrasting, Sequencing, and Identifying Cause and Effect in physical science. A quasi-experimental pre-test and…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
Firdaus, Fery Muhamad; Wahyudin; Herman, Tatang – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
This research was done on primary school students who are able to understand mathematical concepts, but unable to apply them in solving real life problems. Therefore, this study aims to improve primary school students' mathematical literacy through problem-based learning and direct instruction. In addition, the research was conducted to determine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5
van Loon, Anne-Marieke; Ros, Anje; Martens, Rob – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2013
This study examines whether teachers are able to apply the principles of autonomy support and structure support in designing digital problem based learning (PBL) tasks. We examine whether these tasks are more autonomy- and structure-supportive and whether primary and secondary school students experience greater autonomy, competence, and motivation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Education, Student Attitudes
Hawkes, Mark – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
Using collaborative critical reflection as an index, this study examines the asynchronous and face-to-face discourse of 28 suburban Chicago elementary teachers developing problem based learning (PBL) curriculum. Statistical analysis of the corpus produced by the 2 mediums shows that the asynchronous online network emerges as the medium of choice…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Curriculum Design, Online Courses, Problem Based Learning