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Download full textBrown, Scott W.; Lawless, Kimberly A.; Rhoads, Christopher; Newton, Sarah D.; Lynn, Lisa – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional design approach for promoting student learning, in context-rich settings. GlobalEd 2 (GE2) is PBL intervention that combines face-to-face and online environments into a 12-week simulation of international negotiations of science advisors on global water resource issues. The GE2 environment is…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Problem Based Learning, Content Area Writing, Science Instruction
Yukhymenko, Mariya A.; Brown, Scott W.; Lawless, Kimberly A.; Brodowinska, Kamila; Mullin, Gregory – Global Education Review, 2014
Problem-based learning (PBL) environment is a student-centered instructional method based on the use of ill-structured problems as a stimulus for collaborative learning. This study tried to gain an understanding of teachers' instructional practices and students' responses to such practices in middle school classrooms with PBL environment through…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods
Direct linkLawless, Kimberly A.; Brown, Scott W. – Curriculum Journal, 2015
GlobalEd 2 (GE2) is a set of technology-mediated, problem-based learning (PBL) simulations for middle-grade students, that capitalises on the multidisciplinary nature of the social sciences as an expanded curricular space for students to learn and apply scientific literacies and concepts, while simultaneously also enriching their understanding of…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Technology Uses in Education, Skill Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
Brown, Scott W.; Lawless, Kimberly A.; Boyer, Mark A. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2013
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional design approach for promoting student learning, understanding and knowledge development in context rich settings. Previous PBL research has primarily focused on face-to-face learning environments, but current technologies afford PBL designers the opportunities to create online, virtual, PBL…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Instructional Design, Blended Learning, Simulated Environment
Ioannou, Andri; Brown, Scott W.; Hannafin, Robert D.; Boyer, Mark A. – Computers in the Schools, 2009
This study investigated whether using multimedia-based instructional material in a problem-based social studies simulation enhances student learning about world issues, increases interest in social studies, and generates positive attitudes toward the instruction. The GlobalEd Project, a Web-based international negotiation simulation embedded in…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Problem Based Learning, Instructional Materials, Internet
Peer reviewedBrown, Scott W.; Boyer, Mark A.; Mayall, Hayley J.; Johnson, Paula R.; Meng, Lin; Butler, Michael J.; Weir, Kimberly; Florea, Natalie; Hernandez, Magnolia; Reis, Sally – Instructional Science, 2003
Describes the GlobalEd project, which employs a technology-rich environment for high school students to participate in a simulation of international relations and negotiation via the Internet. Reports participants' changes in academic and technology self-efficacy skills and the use of educational technology and discusses results in terms of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Technology, Gender Issues, International Relations
