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Direct linkDrake, Kay N.; Long, Deborah – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2009
Seeking improved student performance in elementary schools has led educators to advocate inquiry-based teaching approaches, including problem-based learning (PBL). In PBL, students simultaneously develop problem-solving strategies, disciplinary knowledge bases, collaborative skills, and dispositions. Research into the efficacy of PBL in elementary…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Comparative Analysis
Ahlfeldt, Stephanie; Mehta, Sudhir; Sellnow, Timothy – Higher Education Research and Development, 2005
Students participate more in a classroom and also report a better understanding of course concepts when steps are taken to actively engage them. The Student Engagement (SE) Survey was developed and used in this study for measuring student engagement at the class level and consisted of 14 questions adapted from the original National Survey of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Time on Task, College Students
Gijselaers, Wim H.; Schmidt, Henk G. – 1992
A study was done of the relation of time for individual study versus instruction time in a non-traditional, problem-based medical curriculum at the University of Limburg (Netherlands). The study collected data on 86 courses conducted in 5 consecutive academic years. In this problem-based approach, each curriculum year in the first 4 years…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study, Medical Education
