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Peer reviewedSmith, C. A.; White, H. B. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2001
Reviews papers on problem-based learning that appear in this journal from 1993-2000. (YDS)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Higher Education, Problem Based Learning, Science Education
Peer reviewedWhite, H. B. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2000
Calls for more manuscripts on problem-based learning in the biochemical sciences. Includes information on problem-based learning conferences. (SAH)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Higher Education, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedWhite, H. B. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2001
Many medical schools encountered problem-based learning (PBL) in occasional courses instead of adapting problem-based learning curricula. Provides information on a three-day conference entitled "PBL 2000-- Problems, Breakthroughs, and Lessons". (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Educational Change, Higher Education, Medical Schools
Peer reviewedDahm, Kevin; Newell, James – Journal of SMET Education: Innovations and Research, 2001
Reports on a course at Rowan University, based on the economic design of a baseball stadium, that offers an introduction to multidisciplinary engineering design linked with formal training in technical communication. Addresses four pedagogical goals: (1) developing public speaking skills in a realistic, business setting; (2) giving students…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Innovation
Peer reviewedGray, James H. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2002
Community tools are technologies to foster social processes of learning through active inquiry, project-based learning, and related collaborative pedagogical approaches. Identifies current research and development trends moving towards sociotechnical systems that address learning in relation to specific domains of knowledge or activity, and social…
Descriptors: Community, Cooperation, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textHerreid, Clyde Freeman – American Institute of Biological Sciences, 2005
Case study teaching has gained a strong foothold in science education. The author discusses: (1) variations on methodology, from whole class discussion to the jigsaw approach; (2) an increase in educational resources on the topic; (3) over a thousand studies that show improved learning when case studies are used; and (4) a survey that illustrates…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Science Education, Lecture Method, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedWalls, Mark – Journal of SMET Education: Innovations and Research, 2000
While graduates must be effective critical thinkers, they must do more than just think critically for its own sake. College coursework should encourage collaboration and invite the kind of sophisticated, cross-disciplinary, flexible perspectives necessary in the workplace. (MM)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Mathematics Education
Ghosh, Rita – Bioscene, 1999
Discusses possibilities for improving undergraduate-level general-education biology courses, particularly through the development of interesting and focused laboratory presentations. Advocates problem-based learning and improving the communication skills of laboratory teaching assistants. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Biology, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Laboratory Experiments
