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Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; And Others – Instructional Science, 1994
Describes a study of medical school students in The Netherlands that tested the assumption of problem-based learning that learning issues, generated by students while discussing a problem, are used as guides for self-directed learning activities. Faculty objectives and student-generated learning issues are compared. (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Stacey, Kaye – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1990
This article describes the factors to which the classroom teacher needs to attend to enhance the mathematical problem-solving abilities of students. Emphasis is placed upon the means necessary to develop the attribute of being a problem solver, rather than focusing on the goal of becoming a problem solver. (JJK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Utilization, Intuition, Learning Strategies
Casey, M. Beth; Tucker, Edwin C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
A successful problem-centered program must focus on problem-solving and planning strategies more systematically and intensively than is typical in most classrooms. Teachers can approach problem solving by posing open-ended questions, teaching the steps of thinking, incorporating problem solving into the curriculum, connecting lessons to children's…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curiosity, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
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Savoie, Joan M.; Hughes, Andrew S. – Educational Leadership, 1994
Problem-based learning allows students to tackle significant academic subject matter. A Canadian high school social studies teacher energized students by choosing a relevant problem (the changing family), organizing subject matter around it, making students responsible for shaping and directing their own learning, using small teams, and requiring…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classroom Techniques, Family Problems, Foreign Countries
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
A description of the development of a new surgery clerkship looks at institutional background (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) for the project, preliminary evaluation and planning efforts, formulation of an ideal for the clerkship, barriers to change, overcoming resistance to change, and comparisons with problem-based learning programs…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction
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Eisenstaedt, Richard S.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
In this study of students (N=112) invited to participate in a hematology-transfusion medicine tutorial, it was found that students (N=59) receiving problem-based instruction did more poorly than controls on short-term examination but maintained their knowledge after two years better than control groups. (MLW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Independent Study, Medical Education
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Tedesco, Lisa A. – Journal of Dental Education, 1990
The paper addresses application of new educational technologies to dental education. Noted is technology's ability to create an electronic curriculum that uses images and text to advance problem-solving and problem-based learning. Information technology provides a risk-free (i.e., patient-free) environment for dental students to test decisions.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Dental Schools, Dentists, Educational Strategies
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Blackford, Jeanine; Street, Annette – Nurse Education Today, 1999
A group of 26 nurses working with families from non-English-speaking backgrounds collaborated in the development and testing of problem-based learning packages. Their usefulness for graduate nursing programs and inservice education was demonstrated. (SK)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Kang, Inae – International Journal of Educational Technology, 1999
Discusses problem-based learning (PBL) and its effects on the development of sociomorality, based on a case study of first graders in a Korean elementary school. Discusses constructivism and the four principles of PBL environments, including experiential learning, collaborative learning, authentic learning, and the role of the teacher. (Contains…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
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Frederiksen, Carl H. – Discourse Processes, 1999
Examines the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Finds evidence of a differential diagnosis frame to organize the group's diagnostic inquiry procedures; coconstruction of explanatory case models linking causes to clinical symptoms through interactive discussion; processes of collaborative reasoning in evaluating alternative…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
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Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan – Discourse Processes, 1999
Examines the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Offers a sociocultural analysis of the data segment, focusing on the complex agendas pursued by the medical students. Explores the multiple agendas confronting a "transition community," the intra-space and inter-personal issues, and the role of the coach in transition…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
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Roschelle, Jeremy – Discourse Processes, 1999
Comments on a set of five analyses of the discourse of a problem-based learning group in medicine. Discusses how the five articles take a first step toward resolving a critical issue of learning theory: understanding the boundary between common sense and technical forms of reasoning, action, and discourse; and by what means students grow from…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
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Silver, Sylvia – Journal of Allied Health, 1998
Describes how a multidisciplinary team developed problem-based cases related to older adults for allied health students to explore gerontology/geriatrics issues in the Mid-Atlantic Allied Health Geriatric Education Center. (SK)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Geriatrics, Gerontology
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Chaves, John F.; Lantz, Marilyn S.; Lynch, Mervin D. – Journal of Dental Education, 2001
Dental students and their problem-based learning (PBL) tutors completed questionnaires on the tutor's role after each PBL case. Found that although tutors displayed a more nuanced perspective on their performance than did students, questionnaire items related to tutor modeling of professional conduct within tutorials consistently emerged as…
Descriptors: Dental Students, Medical Education, Problem Based Learning, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Barnett, Michael; Barab, Sasha A.; Hay, Kenneth E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2001
Describes an introductory astronomy course designed for non-science majors. Uses the project-based learning approach and requires students to construct 3-D models for three astronomical phenomena. (YDS)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Inquiry
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