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Gallagher, Silvia Elena; Savage, Timothy – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
The application of Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) has increased in higher education institutions, fostering student transversal competencies, knowledge of sociotechnical problems, and collaboration with industry and community actors. However, a broad range of different frameworks, hybrid approaches, and educational interventions are using this…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literature Reviews, Higher Education, Problem Based Learning
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Acton, Renae – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
International education scholars often theorise alternative models of knowledge work in the university. These imagine the transformation of teaching and learning and a more inclusive society. This article presents the case of a university in Denmark, where problem-oriented, interdisciplinary, collaborative project work has been the pedagogic norm…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Projects, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Vidal, Borja; Fenollosa Ribera, M. Loreto; Ribal, Francisco Javier; Sanchis, Pablo; García-Rupérez, Jaime; Bes-Piá, M. Amparo; Blasco-Tamarit, E.; Noguera, Patricia; Muñoz-Portero, María José; Tortajada, Luis A. – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study explores the preferences for learning methods among the students of seven engineering disciplines in a Spanish technical university. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the students' views and from them contribute to the knowledge of the effectiveness of learning methodologies. Design/methodology/approach: An online…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
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Boelt, A. M.; Kolmos, A.; Holgaard, J. E. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
The development of generic skills and competences has become a central component of contemporary engineering education due to increased societal and occupational complexity. Problem- and project-based learning (PBL) has been highlighted as one of the pedagogical approaches fostering generic skills and competences that are transferable between…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Student Attitudes, Competence, Problem Based Learning
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Owen, Chris – Management Teaching Review, 2021
Increasingly, graduates of business schools will face business and organizational situations with a high degree of complexity and ambiguity. In this context, teaching and learning strategies need to develop students' abilities in problem structuring and complex problem solving. This article describes a team-based project set to teams of four or…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Cooperative Learning, Student Projects, Problem Based Learning
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Tataw, David B. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This study contributes to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by expanding the investigative areas on the role of social capital in collaborative learning environments. This is done by examining aspired and experienced social capital in student reflections on team dynamics in online project teams and aligning student narratives to expected…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Group Dynamics
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Karan, Ebrahim; Brown, Lisa – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2022
The goal of the study is to overcome two main drawbacks of traditional science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pedagogical strategies using PBL - lack of student engagement and students who are not prepared for more complex problems. PBL teaching strategies practiced in an introductory class are assessed. Classroom observations and…
Descriptors: College Students, Problem Solving, Skill Development, Active Learning
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Jiang, Dan; Dahl, Bettina; Chen, Juebei; Du, Xiangyun – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2023
Contribution: This study explores the elements engineering students perceive as important for developing their learner agency in the context of intercultural project-based learning (PBL) teams. Background: The concept of learner agency has recently gained prominence due to its relevance for student-centeredness, autonomy, self-regulation, and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, Personal Autonomy, Multicultural Education
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Du, Xiangyun; Naji, Khalid Kamal – Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2021
This study explores engineering students' enactment of collective agency and perceptions of professional identity. Empirical data were drawn from observation and group interviews with 30 engineering students in a civil engineering course using a problem and project-based learning (PBL) approach. Using the technique of quantifying qualitative data,…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Professional Autonomy, Professional Identity
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Joni Tweeten; Woei Hung – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2023
Design-based Research (DBR) focuses on real-world problems, emphasizes studying an educational intervention in its supposed context, uses a cyclical process of design, implementation, evaluation, and improvement, utilizes mixed research methods, stresses reciprocal relationships between theories and practice, and involves a close collaborative…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Research Methodology, Problem Based Learning, Student Projects
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Chaurra, Adriana Mari´a – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Service-learning methodology makes a connection between student classroom learning and the application of knowledge to solve community needs. The present study was carried out with the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente (Colombia) community by environmental engineering students enrolled in a Chemistry 2 course. The students helped the Universidad…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Community Needs, Engineering Education, Environmental Education
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Drake, John R.; Paul, Ravi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2021
Aim/Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop and evaluate a debiasing-based approach to assessing the learning materials in problem-based learning (PBL) environments. Background: Research in cognitive debiasing suggests nine debiasing strategies improve decision-making. Given the large number of decisions made in semester-long,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Instructional Materials, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Material Evaluation
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Martin, Kirsten; Kraczkowski, Michelle – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2020
In fall of 2019, a new capstone course, wildlife biology, was offered as part of the biology curriculum at the University of Saint Joseph. The course fully embraced problem-based learning (PBL), project-based learning, and service-learning strategies. It provided a service to the campus community through the task of creating a management plan for…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Biology, Wildlife, College Students
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Mebert, Laura; Barnes, Roy; Dalley, Jacqueline; Gawarecki, Leszek; Ghazi-Nezami, Farnaz; Shafer, Gregory; Slater, Jill; Yezbick, Erin – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2020
Ample research has identified several features of a learning experience likely to enhance student learning, including collaboration, open-ended exploration, and problem-based learning in real-life scenarios. Missing is a model of how instructors might combine these elements into a single project that works flexibly across disciplines and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Cooperative Learning, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Brown, Benjamin D. – Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership, 2019
Project based learning instructional strategies have been used in the K-12 and college setting to activate learning and engagement. Problem Based Learning allows students to learn by taking on real world problems. Research and literature shows that Project Based Learning can increase collaboration, problem-solving skills, communication,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, College Students, Guidance
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