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Mandin, Henry; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1997
Research reveals that successful problem solvers must possess comprehensive knowledge, and more importantly, have appropriate knowledge organization and understanding. A new taxonomy of medical problems is recommended, and it is suggested that the traditional hypothetico-deductive strategy for problem-based learning be replaced by scheme-driven…
Descriptors: Competence, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Students

Richardson, Julie; Montemuro, Maureen; Cripps, Donna; Mohide, E. Ann; Macpherson, – Educational Gerontology, 1997
Undergraduates in clinical placement formed a team within a larger clinical team and attended problem-based tutorials. Data from exit interviews, surveys, and team conferences revealed discomfort with the preceptors' role, peer support among students, improved communication styles, and mutual learning between students and professionals. (SK)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach

Hoffman, Bob; Ritchie, Donn – Instructional Science, 1997
Problem-based learning is a student-centered pedagogical strategy that poses real-world situations and provides resources, guidance, instruction, and opportunities for reflection. Examines problem-based learning, provides a rationale for its use in the curriculum, identifies problems inherent in designing and implementing problem-based learning,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Instructional Design

Carder, Linda; Willingham, Patricia; Bibb, David – Research Strategies, 2001
Describes case-based, problem-based learning (CBPBL), a student-centered approach that uses tightly focused minicases to help students demonstrate their ability to identify their information needs. Topics include the role of the instructor; uses of CBPBL; librarian as facilitator or liaison for a CBPBL session; examples of minicases for library…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Information Literacy, Information Needs, Librarians

Winther, Austin A.; Volk, Trudi L.; Shrock, Sharon A. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2002
Compares a qualitative study of teacher decision making during the first year of implementation of an environmental education curriculum. Examines perceptions of training, the program, administrative and peer support, and the manner in which the program was implemented in each classroom. Reports that teachers' perceptions stemmed from cognitive…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Problem Based Learning
Lewis, Catherine – Journal of Staff Development, 2002
Describes the benefits of teaching students using research lessons, focusing on Japan's use of research lessons to teach elementary school science. Research lessons are planned collaboratively and bring to life in a lesson a particular goal or vision of education. The paper notes how research lessons impact teachers' instruction and describes…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries

Gray, James H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2002
Community tools are technologies to foster social processes of learning through active inquiry, project-based learning, and related collaborative pedagogical approaches. Identifies current research and development trends moving towards sociotechnical systems that address learning in relation to specific domains of knowledge or activity, and social…
Descriptors: Community, Cooperation, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education

Beullens, Johan; Van Damme, Bo; Jaspaert, Hendrik; Janssen, Piet J. – Medical Teacher, 2002
Explains the evaluation procedure of extended matching multiple-choice questions (EMQs) which are problem-oriented, case-based questions. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Medical Education

Joyner, Jeane; Reys, Barbara – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2000
Provides a brief overview of "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics" and outlines some important messages related to grades pre-K-5. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction

Trafton, Paul R.; Midgett, Carol – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Discusses an approach to learning that uses well-selected problems to capture student interest and challenge their intellect. Presents an example of the problem-centered approach and discusses ways in which it helps all students learn important mathematical concepts and skills. (KHR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Principles, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach

Connell, Jane – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2003
To prepare adult students for a problem-based degree program, an orientation workshop was designed to help identify resources, address barriers to study, and acquire skills to benefit from problem-based learning. Transfer strategies included student involvement in planning and as presenters, mentoring, action plans, self-study materials, and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Orientation, Postsecondary Education

Fenwick, Tara J. – Higher Education Research & Development, 2002
Examined mid-career professionals' perceptions of their long-term learning in a master's leadership program centered on problem-based learning (PBL). Found that students perceived their most valuable learning was related to two main areas: group process and self-knowledge (including sub-themes of learning to understand different perspectives, to…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Leadership Training, Masters Programs

Sharp, David M. M.; Primrose, Catherine Seonaid – Nurse Education Today, 2003
Use of fictional or "virtual" families in problem-based learning scenarios was assessed by 17 first-year and 14 third-year nursing students. Virtual families enabled longitudinal study of health care and family dynamics, a holistic approach, and integration of learning across the curriculum. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Family (Sociological Unit)

Angeli, Charoula – Science Education International, 2002
Discusses the problem based learning (PBL) environment and positive and negative factors affecting the implementation of PBL in K-12 education. Identifies and examines design guidelines for PBL. (Contains 23 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Based Learning

Haith-Cooper, Melanie – Nurse Education Today, 2003
Part 1 explains a methodology for studying problem-based learning (PBL) in nursing education that combined hermeneutic phenomenology with e-mail sampling and video interviews. Part 2 describes themes identified by 10 tutors related to when and how to intervene in PBL. Part 1 contains 30 references; part 2 contains 41 references. (SK)
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries, Hermeneutics, Higher Education