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The Relationships between Problem Characteristics, Achievement-Related Behaviors, and Academic Achievement in Problem-Based Learning
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Sockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
This study investigated the influence of five problem characteristics on students' achievement-related classroom behaviors and academic achievement. Data from 5,949 polytechnic students in PBL curricula across 170 courses were analyzed by means of path analysis. The five problem characteristics were: (1) problem clarity, (2) problem familiarity,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, College Students
Situational Interest and Academic Achievement in the Active-Learning Classroom
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Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The aim of the present study was to investigate how situational interest develops over time and how it is related to academic achievement in an active-learning classroom. Five measures of situational interest were administered at critical points in time to 69 polytechnic students during a one-day, problem-based learning session. Results revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, College Students
The Relationship between Students' Small Group Activities, Time Spent on Self-Study, and Achievement
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Kamp, Rachelle J. A.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; van Berkel, Henk J. M.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the contributions students make to the problem-based tutorial group process as observed by their peers, self-study time and achievement. To that end, the Maastricht Peer Activity Rating Scale was administered to students participating in Problem-Based Learning tutorial groups.…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Problem Based Learning, Rating Scales, Peer Evaluation
Student and Tutor Perceptions on Attributes of Effective Problems in Problem-Based Learning
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Sockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
This study aimed to identify the attributes that students and tutors associated with effective PBL problems, and assess the extent to which these attributes related to the actual effectiveness of problems. To this end, students and tutors in focus groups were asked to discuss about possible attributes of effective problems. The same participants…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Problem Based Learning, Tutors, Teaching Methods
The Role of Teachers in Facilitating Situational Interest in an Active-Learning Classroom
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Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
The study sought to explore whether interactional teacher characteristics such as social congruence, subject-matter expertise, and cognitive congruence increase situational interest in students. Correlational and path analyses were conducted on a sample of 498 polytechnic students to assess potential differences in situational interest based on…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Role, Classroom Environment
The Impact of Students' Conceptions of Constructivist Assumptions on Academic Achievement and Drop-out
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Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2007
This study investigated the impact of students' conceptions of constructivist learning activities on academic achievement and drop-out. Although constructivism represents an influential view of learning, studies investigating how students conceptualize this perspective have not been conducted before. A structural equation modelling approach was…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Learning Activities, Constructivism (Learning), Academic Achievement
What Makes a Tutor Effective? A Structural Equations Modelling Approach to Learning in Problem-Based Curricula.
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Schmidt, Henk G.; Moust, Jos H. C. – 1995
This study tested a causal model of the influence of tutor behavior on student achievement and interest in the context of problem-based learning. Data were gathered from 524 tutorial groups involving students in the health sciences curriculum at the University of Limburg in the Netherlands during 1992-93. Correlations among the 261 tutors' social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Causal Models, College Faculty