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Koppi, Tony; Nolan, Elizabeth; Field, Damien – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2010
A problem-based learning approach was adopted for a unit of study in first year agricultural economics at the University of Sydney with the aim of starting development of students' research skills earlier than usual. The novel teaching approach employed a structured and guided problem activity in the first semester and progressed to a more…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Problem Based Learning, Research Skills, Teaching Methods
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van der Hurk, Marianne M. M.; van Berkel, Henk J. M. – Higher Education in Europe, 2005
The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to examine to what extent the time students work on paid jobs is related to study-time (class attendance and time devoted to self-study) and second, to what extent the time students work on paid jobs is related to achievement. A number of 120 students from the problem-based Faculty of Health Sciences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scores, Tests, Diaries