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Beghetto, Ronald A. – Educational Leadership, 2017
Most teachers try to avoid having students experience uncertainty in their schoolwork. But if we want to prepare students to tackle complex problems (and the uncertainty that accompanies such problems), we must give them learning experiences that involve feeling unsure and sometimes even confused. Beghetto presents five strategies that help…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Ambiguity (Context), Problem Solving, Difficulty Level
Sussman, Dan – Educational Leadership, 2017
How can the best of mathematical problem-based learning be applied toward literature classes? Daniel Sussman, an English teacher at Moorestown Friends School in New Jersey, discusses how he uses problem solving tactics to encourage close, critical reading of fiction texts in his Jewish literature and poetry classes. He explores the challenges of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Reading Instruction
Fouché, Jaunine; Crowley, Joel – Educational Leadership, 2017
Elementary students at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pennsylvania, don't just learn knowledge and skills; they put it to work. The school's Innovation Lab for grades K-4 offers students hands-on opportunities to use design thinking to solve problems. In this article, two of the school's educators describe how 2nd graders used design…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning, Problem Solving, Grade 2

Barab, Sasha A.; Landa, Anita – Educational Leadership, 1997
A curricular anchor is a complex problem that students acknowledge as worth solving and that validates learning a set of relevant skills and concepts. To motivate students, anchors must capture the imagination, be perceived as important by learners, legitimize the disciplinary content they integrate, and accommodate a variety of learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving

Alper, Lynne; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1996
The Interactive Mathematics Program is part of a National Science Foundation effort to design a comprehensive, standards-based high school mathematics curriculum. IMP's four-year program, which replaces the traditional sequence, involves little memorization, integrates traditional material with topics such as probability and statistics, and uses…
Descriptors: Algebra, Geometry, High Schools, Mathematics Curriculum

Savoie, Joan M.; Hughes, Andrew S. – Educational Leadership, 1994
Problem-based learning allows students to tackle significant academic subject matter. A Canadian high school social studies teacher energized students by choosing a relevant problem (the changing family), organizing subject matter around it, making students responsible for shaping and directing their own learning, using small teams, and requiring…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classroom Techniques, Family Problems, Foreign Countries

Shepard, Lorrie A. – Educational Leadership, 1995
Describes a research project in a third-grade classroom that explored a spontaneous, bottom-up approach to developing and testing performance measures. After establishing project goals for reading and math instruction, the 14 participating teachers worked with University of Colorado researchers to develop summarizing activities, open-ended math…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Mathematics Instruction, Performance Based Assessment

Stepien, William; Gallagher, Shelagh – Educational Leadership, 1993
For three years, Center for Problem-Based Learning at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy has been developing innovative programs in various K-12 settings. Students meet an "ill-structured problem" (like thorium waste) before receiving instruction. Teachers act as coaches and tutors, probing findings, hypotheses, and conclusions;…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation, Learning Centers (Classroom), Problem Based Learning

Walker, Carol H.; Yekovich, Frank R. – Educational Leadership, 1999
In an innovative urban literacy program, K-3 students create a working community, complete with a store, newspaper, post office, museum, and economic system. Using TRALE (Technology-Rich Authentic Learning Environments), teachers create meaningful instruction through authentic, problem-based learning activities using educational technology when…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Technology, Experiential Learning, Goal Orientation

Reid, Carol; Romanoff, Brenda – Educational Leadership, 1997
In the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) Public Schools, thousands of gifted children are tackling challenging, real-world problems correlated with curricular expectations. This gifted program fuses three philosophies: multiple-intelligences theory, problem-centered learning, and a thoughtful atmosphere to foster critical and creative…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Environment, Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education

Aspy, David N.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1993
Medical schools are starting to put students in small groups and help them solve real problems they will face in treating patients. Trend of problem-based learning in medical schools will have ripple effect throughout education. Teachers relinquishing lecturer's role must become adept at listening, answering questions, and helping students frame…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study