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Download full textCheaney, James D.; Ingebritsen, Thomas S. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
Problem-based learning (PBL) is the use of a "real world" problem or situation as a context for learning. The present study explores the use of PBL in an online biotechnology course. In the PBL unit, student groups dealt with the ethical, legal, social, and human issues surrounding pre-symptomatic DNA testing for a genetic disease. Issues…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Testing, Problem Based Learning, Program Effectiveness
Direct linkNathoo, Arif N.; Goldhoff, Patricia; Quattrochi, James J. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
Purpose: This study sought to assess the introduction of a web-based innovation in medical education that complements traditional problem-based learning curricula. Utilizing the case method as its fundamental educational approach, the Interactive Case-based Online Network (ICON) allows students to interact with each other, faculty and a virtual…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Schools, Online Courses, Problem Based Learning
Schmidt, Henk G.; Moust, Jos H. C. – 1995
This study tested a causal model of the influence of tutor behavior on student achievement and interest in the context of problem-based learning. Data were gathered from 524 tutorial groups involving students in the health sciences curriculum at the University of Limburg in the Netherlands during 1992-93. Correlations among the 261 tutors' social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Causal Models, College Faculty
Achilles, C. M.; Hoover, S. P. – 1996
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been used in medical education and has been extended to the preparation of educational administrators. PBL should improve education at the elementary and secondary levels because it can be a vehicle for integrating curriculum, constructing alternative assessments, accommodating instruction for longer blocks of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Group Instruction
Lai, Su-Huei – 2000
The conceptual framework of the Modes of Problem Solving Action (MPSA) model integrates Dewey's pragmatism, critical science theory, and theory regarding the three modes of inquiry. The MPSA model is formulated in the shape of a matrix. Horizontally, there are the following modes: technical, interpretive, and emancipating. Vertically, there are…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Distance Education
Alessio, Helaine – Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2004
Many graduate and professional programs include Problem Based Learning (PBL) as a mainstay in their curricula. For many undergraduate students, this is a change from a teacher-centered to a student-centered learning method. This study was undertaken to learn about perceptions and test performances of college students (N=116) enrolled in liberal…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods
Greene, H. Carol – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2005
This paper reports the findings from a pilot study that investigated the uses of computer-mediated communication in an educational psychology course for pre-service teachers that focused on problem-based learning via CD-ROM-based case analysis. Thirty-nine pre-service teachers and eight practicing teachers participated in the development of an…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Psychology, Preservice Teachers
Shoffner, Mary B.; Dalton, David W. – 1998
This study examined the effects of varying instructional strategies on learning in emerging technology-based visual literacy instruction. The study used a completely crossed 2 (organizational strategy) x 2 (delivery strategy) x 2 (management strategy) factorial design, post-test only control group design. Organizational strategies employed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Williams, Douglas C.; Hemstreet, Susan; Liu, Min; Smith, Vickie Dunlevy – 1998
This study investigated the use of tools and design features as employed in a problem-based learning (PBL) environment and their effectiveness on seventh grade students' learning of science concepts. Specifically, the study examined: (1) the effect of the computer-supported PBL environment on the achievement of middle school students; (2) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Environment
Giddens, Beth; Stasz, Cathy – Centerpoint, 1999
Changes in work and the workplace are transforming the kinds of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for successful work performance. Educators and school reformers are updating curricula and redesigning school programs to ensure that, in addition to academics, young people have opportunities to learn work-related skills and attitudes. A…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedCobb, Paul; And Others – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1992
Compared project (n=79) and nonproject (n=111) third-grade students on their conceptual development in arithmetic, their personal goals in mathematics, and their beliefs about reasons for success in mathematics. Project students attained more advanced levels of conceptual understanding and held stronger beliefs about the importance of working…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Cognitive Measurement
Smith, Leigh K.; Draper, Roni Jo; Sabey, Brenda L. – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
This qualitative study examined the use of WebQuests as a teaching tool in problem-based elementary methods courses. We explored the potential of WebQuests to address three dilemmas faced in teacher education: (a) modeling instruction that is based on current learning theory and research-based practices, (b) providing preservice teachers with…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Literacy
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – 1996
The 19 papers presented at Wake Forest University's 1996 Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) are as follows: "Initiating and Facilitating Discourse: An Examination of Methods of Four Secondary English Classrooms" (Stella Katherine Beale); "Cheating: Beliefs and Habits" (William Clark); "English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Cheating, Cognitive Style
