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Park, Jooyong – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
A new computerized testing system, which facilitates the use of short-answer-type testing, has been developed. In this system, the question of a multiple-choice problem is presented first, and the options appear briefly on the request of the test taker. The crux of this manipulation is to force students to solve the problem as if they were solving…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests
Sudzina, Mary R. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2005
Problem-based learning and teaching with case studies are instructional approaches that are increasingly being applied in a variety of disciplines, such as business, law, medicine, and education. Instructors who have experienced traditional, teacher-centered instruction are often looking for ways to successfully integrate case studies, a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Problem Based Learning, Workshops, Case Studies
Valaitis, Ruta K.; Sword, Wendy A.; Jones, Bob; Hodges, Andrea – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
This qualitative study explored health sciences students' perceptions of their experiences in online problem based learning (PBL) and focused on their views about learning and group process in the online environment. Participants were novices to online learning and highly experienced in PBL, therefore, they could reflect on past face-to-face PBL…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Problem Based Learning
Visschers-Pleijers, Astrid J. S. F.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Wolfhagen, Ineke H. A. P.; Van der. Vleuten, Cees P. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
Introduction: In group learning settings like problem-based learning (PBL), the quality of interaction is closely related to group success. However, research and practice have shown that the interaction in tutorial groups is not optimal. In the present study, a questionnaire was used to measure students' perceptions of occurrence and desirability…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Questionnaires
Sherwood, Arthur Lloyd – Journal of Management Education, 2004
Problem-based learning has great potential for management education. Placing students in a problem-centered environment may help bridge the gap between theory and practice. One important but underdeveloped issue for problem-based learning is the context design of the problem-solving situation. This article's purpose is to develop a framework for…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods
Heames, Joyce T.; Service, Robert W. – Journal of Education for Business, 2003
In this article, the authors propose a move from the old control model of teaching, managing, and leading based on stability and power to a new enterprise model based on speed and constant self-innovation. They hope to promote the practice of a rapid incremental innovation strategy that produces practitioners and educators dedicated to continuous…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Ethics, Student Centered Curriculum
Barber, Jamie – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2003
A participant observation study, located in central Scotland, was carried out to observe the process of skill acquisition among informally trained auto mechanics in the workplace. As well as noting processes of workplace learning, the benefits/limitations of this type of learning was noted and suggestions made as to how this information may be of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participant Observation, Auto Mechanics, Vocational Education
Warner, Mark; Leonard, Joan – Middle School Journal (J3), 2004
This article focuses on the challenges facing middle level professors who desire to practice what they preach by using an approach to teaching and learning called problem-based learning. Problem-based learning is a means by which prospective middle grades teachers can design interdisciplinary units and gain familiarity with using them in…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Course Content, Problem Based Learning
Team Building and Problem-Based Learning in the Leadership Classroom: Findings from a Two-Year Study
Barbour, JoAnn – Journal of Leadership Education, 2006
Leader educators know that demands on leaders of organizations are increasing, requiring different strategies of leading, for example, working in diverse and global environments, using shared decision-making, and developing effective work teams. To educate future leaders in a postmodern era, instructors must attempt nontraditional teaching methods…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Teaching Methods, Leadership Training, Problem Based Learning
Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil; Yildirim, Soner; Aksu, Meral – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
This paper reports the findings of a study conducted on a foreign language course at a large mid-west university in the USA. In the study a web-based tool which supports both linear and non-linear learning environments was designed and developed for this course. The aim of this study was to find out students' preferences pertaining to the learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Web Based Instruction, Internet
Kumar, Muthu; Kogut, Galyna – Teacher Development, 2006
Problem-based learning has in recent times aroused keen curiosity due to its pedagogical orientation of facilitating students' active construction of knowledge. As a curriculum model it is designed based upon the solving of either simulated or real-life problems that generally tend to be ill-structured and open-ended. In such a model students are…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Learning Modules
Tandogan, Ruhan Ozkardes; Orhan, Akinoglu – Online Submission, 2007
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of problem-based active learning in science education on students' academic achievement and concept learning. In the study, both quantitative and qualitative research methods were utilized. Quantitative data were obtained via the pre/post-test, treatment-control groups test model. Qualitative data…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7, Teaching Methods
Jayawardana, A. K. L.; O'Donnell, Michael – Journal of Management Education, 2007
The Asian Tsunami struck Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004. Sri Lanka was the second worst affected country after Indonesia, and this natural disaster killed in excess of 35,000 people and displaced over 1 million. The article explores the Tsunami Disaster Management Program developed by one Sri Lankan university: the Postgraduate Institute of…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Problem Based Learning, Planning, Goal Orientation
Mergendoller, John R.; Maxwell, Nan L.; Bellisimo, Yolanda – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2006
This study compared the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) and traditional instructional approaches in developing high-school students' macroeconomics knowledge and examined whether PBL was differentially effective with students demonstrating different levels of four aptitudes: verbal ability, interest in economics, preference for group…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Characteristics, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Eisenkraft, Arthur; Heltzel, Carl; Johnson, Diane; Radcliffe, Brian – Science Teacher, 2006
All artists are chemists. Artists understand and study the properties of specific materials and find ways to explore these properties to express views of themselves and the world around them. This article discusses the Artist as Chemist unit and presents how students link art and chemistry through problem-based learning activities. In this…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Chemistry, Units of Study, Science Instruction