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Peer reviewedCharlin, Bernard; Mann, Karen; Hansen, Penny – Medical Teacher, 1998
In literature on problem-based learning (PBL), it is often difficult to determine whether the educational approach being described is actually PBL. Provides planners and assessors of PBL curricula with a framework for analysis. Educational activities can be categorized as PBL according to three core principles and four criteria concerning their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Discovery Learning, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHerreid, Clyde Freeman – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1997
Cases are stories that are meant to educate. Teachers can deliver cases by lecture, through Socratic questioning, through discussion leading, and in small group learning. Some cases are fact driven and deductive, whereas others are context driven. Science appears to demand closed-ended cases with correct answers; however, in frontier science,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Decision Making Skills, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedSmith, Christopher A.; And Others – Biochemical Education, 1995
Describes the process of problem-based learning (PBL), discusses the history of the movement, and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of PBL. Explains the advantages of PBL in developing desirable attributes in biochemistry graduates which include being able to generalize, being able to interpret data, and possessing knowledge of relevant…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biochemistry, Classroom Techniques, Discovery Learning
