A Problem-Based Curriculum: Parallel Learning Opportunities for Students and Teachers.

Boyce, Linda Neal; VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Burruss, Jill D.; Sher, Beverly Taylor; Johnson, Dana T.

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ERIC Number: EJ553974

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Publication Date: 1997

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A Problem-Based Curriculum: Parallel Learning Opportunities for Students and Teachers.

Boyce, Linda Neal; VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Burruss, Jill D.; Sher, Beverly Taylor; Johnson, Dana T.

Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v20 n4 p363-79 Sum 1997

Analyzes the use of problem-based learning as a catalyst for developing and implementing curriculum for gifted students that is both challenging and constructivist in approach. It relates metacognition to problem-based learning and describes inservice programs developed for teachers and administrators at the College of William and Mary (Virginia). (DB)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Inservice Teacher Education, Metacognition, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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