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Lovitt, Charles – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2000
Discusses reasons why problem solving has failed. Offers an alternative approach--the use of investigations in mathematics instruction. Lists the characteristics of an idealized classroom. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Investigations, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Based Learning
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Driessen, Erik; van der Vleuten, Cees – Studies in Continuing Education, 2000
A law school implemented a problem-based learning curriculum and a new assessment system, including block tests, portfolios, and formative computer-assisted testing. The assessment program was continuously monitored and evaluated. Outcomes included enhanced skills and a change in attitudes toward problem-based and lifelong learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Legal Education (Professions), Problem Based Learning
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Ghosh, Sarmishtha; Dawka, Violet – Advances in Physiology Education, 2000
Introduces the SPICES curriculum of the Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Nepal, which is student centered, problem based, integrated, community-based, elective oriented, and systematic. Reports that the majority of students opined that the combination of didactic lectures and problem-based learning sessions were definitely beneficial.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum, Medical Education
Fulton, Penny – Clearing, 2001
Describes a project in which students write about their experiences and cover all the aspects of book publishing during their visits to a selected outdoor site. (YDS)
Descriptors: High Schools, Outdoor Education, Problem Based Learning, Publications
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Yanar, Anu – Lifelong Learning in Europe, 2001
Implementation of problem-based learning in an architecture studio illustrates the conditions and assumptions necessary for such learning to be truly student regulated. If the aim is knowledge construction, the questions of whose knowledge is relevant and what are the effects of indoctrination into a profession must be addressed. (SK)
Descriptors: Architecture, Educational Environment, Problem Based Learning, Professional Occupations
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Gatrell, Jay D.; Oshiro, Kenji K. – Hoosier Science Teacher, 2001
Explains how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) influences geography curricula and how project-based learning can be applied to GIS experiences. Introduces a project investigating non-geography college students' design and implementation of a environmental GIS application. (Contains 16 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Geography, Higher Education
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Rompelman, Otto – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2000
Explains the evolution of the objectives of engineering education from knowledge to skills which is referred to as a 'paradigm shift'. Reviews the relationship between the demands and the educational objectives, and discusses the implications for assessment and the relationship between educational methods and assessment. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Engineering Education, Evaluation, Higher Education
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Treadwell, I.; Grobler, S. – Medical Teacher, 2001
Reports on the implementation of a problem-orientated undergraduate medical curriculum that emphasizes experiential learning and the mastering of practical skills. Finds that attitudes, knowledge, and skills are interrelated and contribute to an enhanced process of learning. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Medical Education
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Drennon, Christine – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2005
How, where and why GIS is taught has been debated heavily in the geography literature. This article is a contribution to that debate, because it offers a new perspective from which to teach GIS: problem-based learning. In a problem-based learning classroom, theoretical foundations and the real world of problems are understood as constitutive of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Systems, Problem Based Learning, Geography
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Lehti, Sirpa; Lehtinen, Erno – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2005
The purpose of this research was to look for possible benefits and drawbacks of the use of computer-supported simulation in the teaching and learning of experimental research methodology and statistics. In the study three research methodology groups were compared. The results show that there were significant differences in favour of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Speech Communication, Research Methodology, Problem Based Learning
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Rose, Mary Annette – American Journal of Distance Education, 2004
This study examined the influence of group structures upon six groups of distributed graduate students as they pursued a six-week problem-based learning activity by communicating in an asynchronous computer conference. Henri and Rigault's (1996) content analysis framework and Howell-Richardson and Mellar's (1996) guidelines for interconnectedness…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Graduate Students, Content Analysis
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Herron, Jean Foster; Major, Claire Howell – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
This article comprises the results of a qualitative study designed to examine community college leaders' attitudes toward problem-based learning as a method for teaching leadership. The respondents in the study participated in a year-long community college leadership academy, which used problem-based learning as the primary instructional method.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Leadership, Community Colleges, Problem Based Learning
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Garner, Charles M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2005
A discovery-based experiment is developed depending on a "false assumption" that the students mistakenly assume they know the structure of a reaction product and are forced to reconcile observations that are inconsistent with this assumption. This experiment involves the chemistry of azulenes, an interesting class of intensely colored aromatic…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Heuristics, Discovery Processes, Misconceptions
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Bartle, Lisa; Brodwin, Martin G. – Education, 2006
Counselor Education professors can assist students with comprehensive examination preparation. The first author, a graduate student in counseling, developed these ideas while studying for the comprehensive examination for the Master of Science degree program in counseling. All five members of her study group passed the examination the first time.
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Graduate Students, Counseling Psychology, Masters Degrees
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Mulcahy, Dianne – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2006
Recently, issues of space and spatiality have been taken up in education, though less so in teacher education. This article examines the significance of space for pedagogy and identity in teacher education. Drawing on topological approaches to the study of pedagogy, it explores the potential of a problem-based approach to teacher education to link…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Problem Based Learning, Professional Identity
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