Posts Tagged ‘problem-based learning’
March 16 - Designing Problems for Problem-based Learning
By: Nachamma Sockalingam PhD in Instructional Design
As the name implies, problems are absolutely essential for problem-based learning (PBL). Problems initiate students’ learning in PBL. In other words, if there are no problems, there will be no problem-based learning.
August 31 - To Improve Students’ Problem Solving Skills Add Group Work to the Equation
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching and Learning
Problem solving is “what you do when you don’t know what to do.”
What a simple, straightforward definition for something often defined in much more complex ways. But problem solving doesn’t always mean the same thing. It might be the solution to a specific problem, like those that appear on math quizzes, or it might be a collection of possibilities that respond to a complex open-ended problem. But however it’s defined, problem solving is one of those skills all teachers aspire to have their students develop.
February 9 - Problem-Based Learning: A Quick Review
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Faculty Development, Teaching Professor Blog
I was looking something up and happened on this brief identification of the defining characteristics for problem-based learning (PBL). Not only does it offer a great review, but it reminds us why PBL is such a powerful pedagogical strategy.
November 12 - Problem-Based Learning: Benefits and Risks
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Effective Teaching Strategies
Problem-based learning, the instructional approach in which carefully constructed, open-ended problems are used by groups of students to work through content to a solution, has gained a foothold in many quarters of higher education.
