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García-Merino, José Domingo; Urionabarrenetxea, Sara; Fernández-Sainz, Ana – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
This article identifies the profiles of students whose performance is improved by the PBL method, and the influence of certain student-dependent factors that lead to improvement. Effects on performance vary from one student to another, so we distinguish between outcomes among low-performing, average-performing, and high-performing students. To…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Improvement, Student Characteristics, College Students
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Klegeris, Andis; Dubois, Patrick J.; Code, Warren J.; Bradshaw, Heather D. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
Problem solving has been characterized as one of the 'employability skills' due to the high demand for such abilities in a modern workplace. Most universities do not monitor progress of the generic problem-solving skills (PSS) of their students due to a lack of available assessment tools. We used previously reported 15-min tests to measure the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Longitudinal Studies, Employment Potential, Undergraduate Students