Suggests that facilitating effective collaboration among students requires more than urging students to work together well. This article further suggests that professors should carefully consider their method of forming groups and their process of training students to work effectively within groups. (SWM)

College and university teaching has come under intense scrutiny in recent years. Scholars agree that effective teaching is much more than the transmission of knowledge. However, they may disagree as to what effective teaching entails. This paper provides a perspective that effective teaching, and thus learning, is enhanced when appropriate…

Currently in his second year as assistant principal, Jack Andrews is facing conflicting pressures of leadership related to his perception of career mobility and the tensions caused by a pervasively heterosexist, sexist, and homophobic culture in his school. This case raises questions regarding the purpose of school in terms of social justice,…

This article features "Tech Directions" School Web Site of the Month. The website (http://satellite.stcharles.k12.la.us) was produced by technology education students at the Satellite Center of St. Charles Parish Public Schools in Luling, Louisiana. The Satellite Center focuses on the career paths projected to expand the most over the…

Project-Based Learning (PBL) connects standards-based content to real-world scenarios through the use of projects to improve student achievement. By engaging students in authentic problems that do not have a predetermined solution, students learn both subject matter and critical 21st-century skills. This "Focus On" addresses what…

In this article, the author presents five problems that are representative of some of the "movie problems" that he has used on tests in various courses, including reactor design, heat transfer, mass transfer, engineering economics, and fluid mechanics. These problems tend to be open-ended. They can be challenging and can often be worked a variety…

In this problem-based learning activity (PBL), students embark on a science trek to answer the question "Where is the science in my neighborhood?" The project serves as an excellent review of science curriculum in anticipation of Virginia's year-end standardized test--the Standards of Learning (SOL). This has proved to be an interesting…

This paper describes a problem-based chemistry education model in which students perform scientific research on a local environmentally relevant problem. The project is a collaboration among The University of Montana and local high schools centered around Missoula, Montana. "Air Toxics under the Big Sky" involves high school students in collecting…

Presents assessment methods for professors implementing problem-based learning in their classrooms. Included methods are a self- and peer-assessment models as well as rubrics for designing assessment methods. (SWM)

Describes the introduction of problem-based learning experiences into the curriculum of the title program and discusses results of evaluation, which indicated mostly positive reactions to problem-based learning. (EV)

Discusses the new generation of learners who know they will live in a world where team-based programmatic and problem-based learning is a primary activity. The ThinkQuest program, the world's largest academic competition on the Internet, is highlighted, demonstrating the integration of academic disciplines and collaboration via the Internet. (PEN)

Describes an experiment on the use of problem-based learning. (Author/YDS)

Describes the different stages of tutors' evaluation process within a single discipline using a problem-based learning program and presents the results of their performance evaluation in two academic years. Confirms the existence of different tutoring styles valued by students and also the importance of continuous feedback in the improvement of…

Provides an analytic case description of an innovative, problem-based principals preparation program at Stanford University, incorporating views of students, graduates, and faculty. Promising aspects of the program are highlighted. Appendices include annotated lists of core courses and problem-based learning projects. (Contains 36 references.)…

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a pedagogical approach to learning that presents curriculum-related problem or situation whose solution requires students to practice skills of analysis, integration, and application. Two settings using PBL are demonstrated to study the effectiveness and strength of this learning technique in school curriculum.