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Seifert, Edward H.; Simmons, David – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Problem-based learning is designed to maximize active student participation in the learning process, foster student problem-solving and self-education skills, enhance student self-assessment, increase student communication skills, and improve student abilities to access and use information resources. A Texas high school's innovative problem-based…
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Instructional Improvement, Interdisciplinary Approach

Serafino, Kathleen; Cicchelli, Terry – Education and Urban Society, 2003
Tested the effects of prior knowledge and two instructional models--structured problem solving and guided generation (GG)--on mathematical problem solving and transfer to an analogous task. Data on students with high and low prior knowledge highlighted significant main effects for prior knowledge, significant differences on transfer to analogous…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology

Cruickshank, Brandon J.; Olander, Julie – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2002
Presents an instrumental analysis laboratory section of a problem-based format that includes elements of authentic, investigative, and cooperative learning. Discusses students' attitudes, achievement, and effects of the problem-based instruction on the learning process and higher order thinking in laboratory students. (KHR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Inquiry

Grove, Karen – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2002
Details the use of online homework assignments designed to more actively engage students in a general education geoscience course. Concludes that students come to class better prepared and that both groups benefit from a problem-based learning approach. (Contains 17 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Earth Science, Geology

Fosmire, Michael; Macklin, Alexius – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 2002
Discusses active learning as a technique to improve learning outcomes; describes the background and history of problem-based learning, explaining why information skills are an integral part; and relates the experiences of librarians at Purdue University in forming collaborations with subject faculty and in the development of problem-based learning…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Active Learning, Higher Education, Information Skills

Fournier, Eric J. – Journal of General Education, 2002
Argues that the discipline of geography needs to be transformed from a declarative enterprise based on facts to a problem-based enterprise, particularly in light of the shrinking world community. Describes the ways in which a geography instructor addressed the problem-based learning struggle between process and content. (Contains 23 references.)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Geography
Dunlap, Joanna C.; Grabinger, Scott – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2003
Several instructional features facilitate the development of metacognitive and self-directed learning skills, and disposition to lifelong learning: student autonomy, responsibility, and intentionality; intrinsically motivating activities; enculturation; discourse and collaboration among learners; and reflection. Describes and presents examples of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cooperative Learning, Instructional Design, Intentional Learning

Rosing, Jan – Biochemical Education, 1997
Highlights the differences between classical teaching methods and problem-based learning. Describes the curriculum and problem-based approach of the Faculty of Medicine at the Maastricht University and gives an overview of the implementation of biochemistry in the medical curriculum. Discusses the procedure for student assessment and presents…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Educational Strategies, Evaluation, Foreign Countries

Luke, Carmen – Reading Research Quarterly, 2003
Proposes that collaborative, constructivist, and problem-based learning are powerful conceptual antidotes to pedagogy as transmission and knowledge as parceled facts and objects. Notes that as more texts become available in digital form, users access information in different ways that have profound ramifications for reading and writing. Contends…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literacy
Samson, Donald C., Jr. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1990
Proposes 10 hypothetical "mini-cases," and calls upon upperclass technical writing students either to select from 1 of 4 given responses or to devise their own. Explains that, after choosing answers, students collaborate to devise the best answers, then talk about their solutions in open class discussion. Provides suggested answers. (SG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conflict Resolution, Group Discussion, Higher Education

Davis, Wayne K. – Academic Medicine, 1989
Students in a problem-oriented alternative medical curriculum at Michigan State University used the same problem-based methods for curriculum improvement that are used to solve clinical problems. Students worked with faculty toward constructive curricular revision. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Higher Education

Wilkerson, LuAnn; Maxwell, Joseph A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
A study of the characteristics and beliefs of medical college faculty undertaking problem-based, small-group teaching methods found (1) adoption of the innovation was influenced by perceived need for change and perceived benefits of that change, (2) adopters tended toward institutional collegiality, and (3) colleague contacts were influential.…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Change, Higher Education, Medical Education

Feletti, Grahame; Ryan, Greg – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1994
The Triple Jump, a procedure for assessing students' problem-based learning, is applied to assessment of inquiry-based learning in a graduate course. Results suggest the need for more research into interrater reliability and other characteristics of the exercise. Some simple strategies for making the instrument cost effective are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Independent Study

Elrick, R. M.; And Others – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 1996
Explores the myths and realities of university teaching that impede change and offers examples of teaching faculty working together, including the case method, problem-based learning, and interdisciplinary courses. Concludes that when teaching has collegial exchange and review, it becomes possible to develop a curriculum that enhances students'…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication Skills, Educational Change, Higher Education

Edmondson, Katherine M. – Academic Medicine, 1994
Concept maps are used at the Cornell University (New York) college of veterinary medicine for curriculum planning, particularly development of problem-based cases for classroom use. The maps help prioritize concepts, refine objectives and details, articulate links between aspects of a case, and support overall course design. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Higher Education