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Gordon, P. R.; Rogers, A. M.; Comfort, M.; Gavula, N.; McGee, B. P. – Educational Horizons, 2001
Problem-based learning was used as an enrichment activity in 2% of an urban middle school's curriculum. Assessment showed that it improved behavior and science achievement of low-income minority students. (SK)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Constructivism (Learning), Middle School Students, Middle Schools

Kight, Stanford S.; Mickelson, John M. – Clearing House, 1995
Reprints an article originally published in 1949. Determines the relative effects on learning of problem-centered and subject-centered units of instruction. Finds that pupils learned significantly more factual information and made more connections of specific rules of action with their corresponding facts with the problem type. Suggests that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Instructional Effectiveness

Murray, Ian; Savin-Baden, Maggi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2000
Argues that, for problem-based learning (PBL) to succeed, a sound program of staff development is required and describes the introduction of PBL into Nursing and Midwifery curricula at the University of Dundee (Scotland) including key components and evaluatory evidence to support its efficacy. (DB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Rasmussen, Karen L.; Northrup, Pamela T. – Diagnostique, 1999
This article discusses how online expeditions, situated in authentic environments, can be an effective and exciting way to help students learn in constructivist environments. Issues related to assessing student performance in online expeditions are explored and examples of assessment that can be used in these problem-based learning environment are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education

Crumpacker, Norman – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2001
This literature reviews explores the pedagogical approach, skills, and motivation factors that influence or are influenced by distance education instructors. Discusses Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALNs), a collaborative, problem-based asynchronous course design; and the need for instructor training and development to improve skills needed that…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Faculty Development, Literature Reviews, Motivation

Harden, R. M. – Medical Teacher, 2000
Discusses where the future of medical education is leading and uses two approaches: (1) the evolutionary approach focusing on different learning types introduced to curricula; and (2) the revolutionary view of the future of medical education. (Contains 73 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Smith, Gregory A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Describes the characteristics, benefits, and common elements of place-based education. Identifies five thematic patterns: cultural studies, nature studies, real-world problem solving, internships and entrepreneurial opportunities, and induction into community processes. (Contains 16 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Community Education, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship
Papastergiou, Marina – Learning, Media & Technology, 2005
This paper reports on a project-based learning (PBL) environment targeted towards introducing student teachers to the design and development of educational web sites. The participants were 46 student teachers who constructed 16 web sites for primary school. A survey of their views, before and after the projects, and an evaluation of the web sites…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Educational Environment, Web Sites, Design
Folkard, Andrew M. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2004
Results are presented of a series of focus-group sessions held at Lancaster University during May 2002. Participants consisted of 12 undergraduate geography students chosen from amongst those identified as having strong antipathy towards quantitative material. The intention was to mine these students' perspectives on courses covering quantitative…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Geography, Problem Based Learning, Geography Instruction
Tessier, Jack T. – American Biology Teacher, 2004
Problem-based learning is becoming a popular and effective approach in Science, as it touted as an effective way to promote active learning and encourage students to develop life long learning skills. The problem-based learning could easily be adapted to the high school level and used as long-term project for a biology laboratory.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, Secondary Education
Sellnow, Deanna D.; Ahlfeldt, Stephanie L. – Communication Teacher, 2005
The professoriate must produce graduates who demonstrate better critical thinking and teamwork skills. More specifically, college graduates appear to know a good deal, but are "unable to apply this knowledge in any useful or practical way." The challenge is to "train students to find new ways of dealing with issues and solving problems."…
Descriptors: World Problems, Public Speaking, Problem Based Learning, College Graduates
ten Dam, Geert; Volman, Monique – Learning and Instruction, 2004
This article is about enhancing critical thinking as a crucial aspect of the competence citizens need to participate in society. First empirical research into the question which instructional strategies are "effective" in enhancing critical thinking is reviewed. Characteristics of instruction that are assumed to enhance critical thinking are:…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Educational Strategies, Citizenship
Zumbach, Joerg; Kumpf, Daniel; Koch, Sabine – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2004
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a contemporary teaching approach that has become increasingly applied way of academic education since its beginnings in the 1960s. Its popularity has grown since it was introduced into medical education and spread to various fields in the last decades. This small group learning approach using major principles of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Eriksson, Lars Torsten; Hauer, Amie M. – Journal of Marketing Education, 2004
In this conceptual article, the authors describe an alternative course structure that joins learning key marketing concepts to creative problem solving. The authors describe an approach using a convergent-divergent-convergent (CDC) process: key concepts are first derived from case material to be organized in a marketing matrix, which is then used…
Descriptors: Marketing, Creativity, Problem Solving, Problem Based Learning
Dobbs, David E. – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2005
The author discusses the definition of the ordinary points and the regular singular points of a homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation (ODE). The material of this note can find classroom use as enrichment material in courses on ODEs, in particular, to reinforce the unit on the Existence-Uniqueness Theorem for solutions of initial value…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics Education, College Mathematics