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Sancho-Thomas, Pilar; Fuentes-Fernandez, Ruben; Fernandez-Manjon, Baltasar – Computers & Education, 2009
University courses about computer programming usually seek to provide students not only with technical knowledge, but also with the skills required to work in real-life software projects. Nowadays, the development of software applications requires the coordinated efforts of the members of one or more teams. Therefore, it is important for software…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Dropout Rate, Computer Assisted Instruction, Problem Based Learning
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Leung, Kai-Kuen; Wang, Wei-Dean – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
The Tutotest is one of the few structured instruments developed for the assessment of students' learning skills in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum. This study was designed to validate the Tutotest in a hybrid PBL curriculum. Forty-four tutors completed 370 evaluations on second to fourth year medical students at the end of the first…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Evaluation, Medical Schools, Problem Based Learning
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Herron, Jean Foster; Major, Claire Howell – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
This article comprises the results of a qualitative study designed to examine community college leaders' attitudes toward problem-based learning as a method for teaching leadership. The respondents in the study participated in a year-long community college leadership academy, which used problem-based learning as the primary instructional method.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Leadership, Community Colleges, Administrator Attitudes
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Smith, Gerald F. – Journal of Management Education, 2005
Problem-based learning (PBL), widely employed in medical schools, has much to offer management education as well. This article presents a comparative analysis of PBL's likely benefits for medical and management education. Its considerable value notwithstanding, researchers have argued that PBL does not develop medical students' problem-solving…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Comparative Analysis