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Saglam, Murat – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
This study aims to explore problem-based learning (PBL) in conjunction with students' confidence in the basic ideas of electromagnetism and their motivational orientations and learning strategies. The 78 first-year geology and geophysics students followed a three-week PBL instruction in electromagnetism. The students' confidence was assessed…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Problem Based Learning, Diagnostic Tests, Student Motivation
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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
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Nesbit, John C.; Winne, Philip H. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2003
In the context of continued growth in the accessibility of information through the internet, recent advances in theories of self-regulated learning present an opportunity to reexamine how learners work with networked resources in constructivist approaches such as problem-based learning, project-­based learning, and collaborative problem solving.…
Descriptors: Internet, Access to Education, Criticism, Models