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Peer reviewedColeman, Mary Ruth – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1995
This article describes the use of problem-based learning (PBL) with gifted students, in which the focus of the curriculum is "ill-structured" problems. Particular advantages of PBL with these students include effectiveness in teaching the art of problem finding and solving, active learning, higher order thinking skills, and using interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
