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Pallie, W.; Carr, D. H. – Medical Teacher, 1987
Gives a brief historical survey of medical education and a description and discussion of the program at the Medical School at McMaster University. Problem-based learning in small group tutorials characterize much of the program. Advantages and disadvantages of the program are considered. (RH)
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Instruction, Medical Education

McAuley, R. G.; Woodward, C. W. – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
The innovative features of the M.D. program at McMaster University are problem-based learning, small-group tutorials, and the student responsibility for their own educational activities. A survey ascertained the faculty members perceptions about the program. (MLW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical School Faculty
Ngeow, Karen; Kong, Yoon-San – 2001
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an educational approach that challenges students to "learn to learn"--students work cooperatively in groups to seek solutions to real-world problems and, more importantly, to develop skills to become self-directed learners. PBL is unique in its integral emphasis on core content along with problem solving.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
Raizen, Esther – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1999
This paper discusses logic puzzles, often used with students in the mathematics classroom, in the context of foreign language education, highlighting them as tools for individual or class practice in a problem-based learning environment that combines challenges and entertainment. Benefits of logic puzzles in the foreign language classroom include…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Logical Thinking, Problem Based Learning
Goodnough, Karen – 2003
This study examined issues that arose during the development and implementation of a modified form of traditional problem based learning (PBL) at one Canadian university. It explored PBL in the context of preservice education, investigating how it could be used to foster an inquiry based approach to preservice preparation and how preservice…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inquiry
Chung, Gregory K. W. K. – 2003
This study examined a civil engineering capstone course that embedded a sophisticated simulation-based task within instruction. Students (n=28) were required to conduct a hazardous waste site investigation using simulation software designed specifically for the course (Interactive Site Investigation Software) (ISIS). The software simulated…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Engineers
McDonald, James T. – 2002
Teaching methodologies, such as Problem Based Learning (PBL), have arisen in response to educational research that has found evidence that even though lecturing may be the most prevalent teaching tool it is arguably the least effective way to facilitate student learning. It is important then, for methods instructors to give preservice teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education
California Integrated Waste Management Board, Sacramento. – 2001
Closing the Loop (CTL) is a science curriculum designed to introduce students to integrated waste management through awareness. This document presents five lesson plans focusing on developing an understanding of natural resources, solid wastes, conservation, and the life of landfills. Contents include: (1) "What Are Natural Resources?"; (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Lesson Plans, Problem Based Learning
Copland, Michael Aaron – 2000
The ability to understand and frame problems encountered in practice is a critical skill for school leaders. This paper reports on a study that inquired about the teaching and learning of problem-framing skills in the Prospective Principals Program at Stanford University, a preparation program for school administrators that relies on problem-based…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Heuristics, Higher Education
Siegel, Marcelle A.; Lee, Julia A. C. – 2001
While increasing teachers' scientific knowledge base has been identified as a challenge for teacher education (e.g., NCES, 1996), the skills used to identify a need for knowledge and the skills necessary to search for that knowledge have been less discussed. Yet, the ability to learn for oneself is really the goal of lifelong teacher education. In…
Descriptors: Electricity, Higher Education, Physics, Preservice Teacher Education

Trafton, Paul R.; Hartman, Christina L. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Describes six key practices vital to a problem-centered instructional approach to number sense and computational strategies. Also presents actual classroom examples of strategies. (AIM)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Logic

Zehr, Connie L.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
A study investigated student use of a collection of self-directed anatomy learning modules designed to help students prepare for tutorial discussions of health care problems. The surveyed students (n=80) reported that module use depended on program level and premedical background in biology, not on tutor or preceptor requirements. Students who…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study

Vernon, David T. A.; Hosokawa, Michael C. – Academic Medicine, 1996
Examined faculty attitudes toward a new problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum at Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, surveying 115 participants in the new curriculum and 96 nonparticipants. Participants judged the PBL curriculum to be superior in most respects to the old curriculum, whereas nonparticipants judged both to be about equal. (MDM)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Attitudes, Higher Education, Medical Education

Stanley, Sonya S. – Journal of General Education, 2002
Describes the ways in which a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to teaching precalculus can prepare students for calculus by helping students develop a conceptual understanding rather than learning through symbol manipulation and memorization. Discusses the exponential, trigonometric, polynomial, and rational function modules employed. (NB)
Descriptors: Calculus, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking

Major, Claire H.; Jones, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2001
Defines problem-based learning (PBL) as an instructional method in which problems provide the context for students to develop skills and knowledge. Describes a study that examined whether students perceived that PBL courses were more effective than non-PBL courses at helping them develop specific outcomes. Reports that PBL students' perception of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Learning Strategies