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Gallagher, Shelagh; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1995
Describes how problem-based learning has been adapted for use in elementary and high school settings, including initiating learning with an ill-structured problem, using the problem to structure the learning agenda, and teacher as metacognitive coach. (31 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Based Learning, Science Education, Science Instruction

Chiou, Guey-Fa – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1995
Defines and describes virtual reality technology and differentiates between virtual learning environment, learning material, and learning tools. Links learning rationales to virtual reality technology to pave conceptual foundations for application of virtual reality technology education. Constructivism, case-based learning, problem-based learning,…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Computer Software, Constructivism (Learning), Information Technology
Malcolm, Stanley E. – Training, 1992
Typical on-the-job training is unstructured, inconsistent, and slow, yet it accounts for about 80 percent of learning that will occur on the job. More time should be devoted to planning problem-centered training programs and less to formal training. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Corporate Education, Curriculum Development

West, Steve A. – School Science Review, 1992
This article defines and presents a rationale for problem-based learning in science teaching. The process of problem-based learning is outlined and its benefits explored. The use of problem-based learning in the classroom is illustrated to support it as a feasible teaching strategy for secondary school science. (Author/PR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Science Education
Fulmer, Connie L. – School Business Affairs, 1993
An alternative approach to the traditional methods of professional growth is the development of a "reflective practice." The learning process in reflective practice begins with the examination of an individual's own actions and contrasting the actions to the ideal or intent of the practice. The process results in behavioral changes that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Professional Development

Surlekar, Sheela – Biochemical Education, 1998
Describes the implementation of the innovative Guided Discovery Curriculum at the National College of Chiropractic. Emphasizes the relevance of biochemical principles to clinical practice through the selection of two clinical cases. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change

Virtanen, Pekka J.; Kosunen, Elise A. -L.; Holmberg-Marttila, Doris M. H. – Medical Teacher, 1999
Assesses the quality of tutorial sessions in the problem-based learning curriculum that was adopted at the University of Tampere in Finland. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Theories

Cooke, Marie; Donovan, Anne – Nurse Education Today, 1998
Issues in the design of nursing problems for problem-based learning are as follows: problems must support the underlying educational philosophy and desired outcomes; they should use material from actual cases; and they should be constructed so students take responsibility for learning and control the learning process. (SK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learning Processes

Gallagher, Shelagh A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
How can high schools counteract deterrents to achievement that disadvantaged students face? "Project P-BLISS: Problem-Based Learning in the Social Sciences" presents "hidden" disadvantaged gifted students with a curriculum that first captures their interest and challenges them to realize their true potential. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Ethics

Colliver, Jerry A. – Academic Medicine, 2000
Critical review of the literature on problem-based learning (PBL) in medical education focuses on: (1) the credibility of claims (both empirical and theoretical) about the ties between PBL and educational outcomes and (2) the magnitude of the effects. Concludes there is no convincing evidence that PBL improves knowledge base and clinical…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Methods, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness

Glenn, Phillip J.; Koschmann, Timothy; Conlee, Melinda – Discourse Processes, 1999
Examines the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Identifies ethnomethodological conversation analysis to analyze a segment of interaction in a problem-based learning (PBL) meeting. Observes that the presentation of a theory makes relevant a variety of sequential activities through which participants in this instructional…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Higher Education

Lemke, J. L. – Discourse Processes, 1999
Examines the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Uses a conceptual distinction between linguistic (and other semiotic) resources for making typological (or categorical) versus topological (or continuous variation) meanings as part of a multimedia semiotic analysis of the data episode. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication

Hall, Rogers – Discourse Processes, 1999
Examines the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Finds evidence of similarity in the way that medical students and family members converse. Finds a paradox arising when activities of technoscience and ordinary conversation are rendered in ways that make them indistinguishable without extrinsic reference to who people are or to…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication

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