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De Witte, Kristof; Rogge, Nicky – Education Economics, 2016
The effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in terms of increasing students' educational attainments has been extensively studied for higher education students and in nonexperimental settings. This paper tests the effectiveness of PBL as an alternative instruction method in secondary education. In a controlled experiment at the class level,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Secondary Education, Educational Attainment, Teaching Methods
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Haenen, Jacques; Tuithof, Hanneke – Teaching History, 2005
Jacques Haenen and Hanneke Tuithof describe an activity that they developed for pupils as a part of an initial teacher education course. Teams of Year 7 pupils were given a structure and guidelines within which they were to work collaboratively and at their own direction and pace. Pupils were given various tools for monitoring the success of their…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Medieval History, Educational Games, Cooperative Learning