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Dialog about Psychosocial Issues in Problem-Based Learning Sessions in Medical Education
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Adams, Nancy E. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this qualitative case study was two-fold: to investigate the dialog about psychosocial aspects of health care in problem based learning (PBL) groups in a single medical school; and to describe the factors that learners and PBL facilitators identify as influencing dialog about these issues in PBL groups. Medical education is a…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Health Services, Psychological Patterns, Individual Development
Epistemic Beliefs of Middle and High School Students in a Problem-Based, Scientific Inquiry Unit: An Exploratory, Mixed Methods Study
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Gu, Jiangyue – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Epistemic beliefs are individuals' beliefs about the nature of knowledge, how knowledge is constructed, and how knowledge can be justified. This study employed a mixed-methods approach to examine: (a) middle and high school students' self-reported epistemic beliefs (quantitative) and epistemic beliefs revealed from practice (qualitative) during a…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Middle School Students, High School Students
The Effects of Different Computer-Supported Collaboration Scripts on Students' Learning Processes and Outcome in a Simulation-Based Collaborative Learning Environment
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Wieland, Kristina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Students benefit from collaborative learning activities, but they do not automatically reach desired learning outcomes when working together (Fischer, Kollar, Mandl, & Haake, 2007; King, 2007). Learners need instructional support to increase the quality of collaborative processes and individual learning outcomes. The core challenge is to find…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods