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Ifenthaler, Dirk; Lehmann, Thomas – Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 2012
This study investigates the effect of "preactional self-regulation" on the quality of problem solving. The experimental study was realized in a problem-based self-regulated learning environment. Data of 78 participants on externalized mental models, re-representing the problem solutions, were collected. A computer-based analysis tool was…
Descriptors: Self Management, Problem Solving, Problem Based Learning, Expertise
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Zwaal, Wichard; Otting, Hans – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2012
A concept map is a graphical tool to activate and elaborate on prior knowledge, to support problem solving, promote conceptual thinking and understanding, and to organize and memorize knowledge. The aim of this study is to determine if the use of concept mapping (CM) in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum enhances the PBL process. The paper…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Problem Based Learning, College Freshmen, Educational Objectives
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Hicks, Randall W.; Bevsek, Holly M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
A series of qualitative analysis (QA) laboratory experiments utilizing a problem-based learning (PBL) module has been designed and implemented. The module guided students through the experiments under the guise of cleaning up a potentially contaminated water site as employees of an environmental chemistry laboratory. The main goal was the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Laboratory Experiments
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Potvin, Patrice; Mercier, Julien; Charland, Patrick; Riopel, Martin – Research in Science Education, 2012
This research investigates the effect of classroom explicitation of initial conceptions (CEIC) on conceptual change in the context of learning electricity. Eight hundred and seventy five thirteen year-olds were tested in laboratory conditions to see if CEIC is or is not a productive step toward conceptual change. All students experienced a…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Misconceptions, Concept Formation, Laboratories
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Raker, Jeffrey R.; Towns, Marcy H. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
Understanding of the nature of science is key to the development of new curricular materials that mirror the practice of science. Three problem types (project level, synthetic planning, and day-to-day) in synthetic organic chemistry emerged during a thematic content analysis of the research experiences of eight practising synthetic organic…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Scientific Research, College Science, Science Instruction
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Meyer, Allison Antink – Science Teacher, 2012
Science teachers are often content to leave creativity to the arts and humanities classes. Fostering creativity in science, if attempted at all, is a challenge often relegated to the gifted classroom. But not just the privileged few have the capacity to be creative. Simply restructuring existing lessons can help promote creativity in all science…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Creativity, Science Teachers, Humanities
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Sockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
This study investigated the influence of five problem characteristics on students' achievement-related classroom behaviors and academic achievement. Data from 5,949 polytechnic students in PBL curricula across 170 courses were analyzed by means of path analysis. The five problem characteristics were: (1) problem clarity, (2) problem familiarity,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, College Students
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Nardone, Carroll Ferguson; Lee, Renee Gravois – College Teaching, 2011
Problem posing is a higher-order, active-learning task that is important for students to develop. This article describes a series of interdisciplinary learning activities designed to help students strengthen their problem-posing skills, which requires that students become more responsible for their learning and that faculty move to a facilitator…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Inquiry
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Barrett, Terry – Educational Action Research, 2011
This paper discusses how major breakthroughs in generating, analysing and disseminating action research about problem-based learning were made through the medium of poetry. I used poetry in three ways: as data, as an interpretive device and as a reflective medium. Poetry helped me to disseminate my research in provocative, memorable and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Problem Based Learning, Poetry, Teaching Methods
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Bhatti, P. T.; McClellan, J. H. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper presents an introductory signal processing laboratory and examines this laboratory exercise in the context of problem-based learning (PBL). Centered in a real-world application, a cochlear implant, the exercise challenged students to demonstrate a working software-based signal processor. Partnering in groups of two or three, second-year…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Problem Based Learning, Laboratories, Engineering Education
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Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The aim of the present study was to investigate how situational interest develops over time and how it is related to academic achievement in an active-learning classroom. Five measures of situational interest were administered at critical points in time to 69 polytechnic students during a one-day, problem-based learning session. Results revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, College Students
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Varutharaju, Elengovan; Ratnavadivel, Nagendralingan – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2014
Purpose: The study aimed to explore, describe and analyse the design and implementation of clinical simulation as a pedagogical tool in bridging the deficiency of higher order thinking skills among para-medical students, and to make recommendations on incorporating clinical simulation as a pedagogical tool to enhance thinking skills and align the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Simulation, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
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Bergerson, Amy Aldous; Hotchkins, Bryan K.; Furse, Cynthia – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2014
College student persistence continues to pose challenges for higher education institutions, despite over 40 years of research. Although persistence is studied from many different angles, the majority of studies examining the causes of and cures for students' departure from college reflect the importance of engagement in the higher education…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Students, Academic Persistence, Student Participation
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Yew, Elaine H. J.; Yong, Janice J. Y. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
In problem-based learning (PBL), the role of a tutor or facilitator is different from what is typically considered as the role of a traditional teacher. In addition to being a subject-matter expert, the facilitator is also expected to be "socially" and "cognitively congruent". In this study, we analyze the survey responses from…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Facilitators (Individuals), Expertise
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Jaeger, Martin; Adair, Desmond – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
The twofold purpose of this study is to identify engineering students' perceptions of a problem-based learning environment and to analyse the influence of their personal "situation," general "interest" in engineering and "ability" to succeed on their perception, after they were exposed to PBL for the first time. Based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Student Interests, Ability
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