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Schon, Jennifer A.; Eitel, Karla B.; Bingaman, Deirdre; Miller, Brant G.; Rittenburg, Rebecca A. – Science and Children, 2014
Donnelly, Idaho, is a small town surrounded by private ranches and Forest Service property. Through the center of Donnelly runs Boulder Creek, a small tributary feeding into Cascade Lake Reservoir. Boulder Creek originates from a mountain lake north of Donnelly. Since 1994 it has been listed as "impaired" by the Environmental Protection…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Activities, Science Projects, Environmental Education
Sense-able Combinatorics: Student's Use of Personal Representations
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Tarlow, Lynn D. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2008
This article describes a mathematics session in which students explored a challenging combinatorics task, a topic shown to be difficult for students when taught traditionally. The students developed a progression of personal representations, increasingly symbolic and abstract, which they used to find a solution and justification. (Contains 8…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, After School Programs, Knowledge Representation
A Systematic Process for Content Review in a Problem-based Learning Curriculum.
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Solomon, Patricia; Geddes, E. Lynne – Medical Teacher, 2001
Explores the integrative nature of problem-based curricula and describes a systematic process for content review in a problem-based curriculum. Utilizes consultation among students, faculty, and the clinical community. Delineates the advantages of this process. (DDR)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, College Curriculum, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies
Quality of Student-Generated Learning Issues in a Problem-based Curriculum.
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van den Hurk, Marianne M.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Wolfhagen, Ineke H. A. P.; van der Vleuten, Cees P. M. – Medical Teacher, 2001
Focuses on problem-based curriculum students' generation of learning issues that are guidelines for their individual study. Investigates how many learning issues can be classified as being of good quality and presents examples of well and poorly formulated ones. (DDR)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, College Curriculum, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies