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Charlin, Bernard; Mann, Karen; Hansen, Penny – Medical Teacher, 1998
In literature on problem-based learning (PBL), it is often difficult to determine whether the educational approach being described is actually PBL. Provides planners and assessors of PBL curricula with a framework for analysis. Educational activities can be categorized as PBL according to three core principles and four criteria concerning their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Discovery Learning, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries

Harden, R. M.; Davis, Margery H. – Medical Teacher, 1998
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been recognized as an important educational strategy and has been adopted in many medical schools. There is confusion, however, about what constitutes PBL. Describes 11 steps in the continuum between PBL and information-oriented learning, task-based learning being the final step at the problem-based end of the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation