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Tan, Angel J. Y.; Davies, Jean L.; Nicolson, Roderick I.; Karaminis, Themis – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
Critical thinking is identified as a key educational outcome in higher education curricula; however, it is not trivial to support students in building this multifaceted skill. In this study, we evaluated a brief online learning intervention focusing on informal fallacy identification, a hallmark critical-thinking skill. The intervention used a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Online Courses
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Michael Johnson; Anne Griffin – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, restricted access to in-person facilities and traditional experiential learning activities meant that new, online solutions were needed to facilitate student learning/development across the disciplines of Allied Health and Engineering. Purpose: This article describes research conducted as part of an…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Electronic Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Dietetics
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Ince, Ziya – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The purpose of this study was to discover what students in the geography department at the Faculty of Arts and Letters thought about the European Union (EU) projects. In the study, a case study pattern, one of the qualitative research methods, was adopted. In the creation of the research group, the maximum diversity sampling process, which is one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Ravn, Ole; Jensen, Annie Aarup – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2016
In this article we discuss the contemporary conditions for running the Aalborg Problem Based Learning-model (PBL). We try to pinpoint key characteristics of these conditions emphasising Lyotard's conception of knowledge production referred to as the move towards a postmodern condition for knowledge. Through discussions of this alleged condition…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Postmodernism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Mamolo, Ami; Ruttenberg-Rozen, Robyn; Whiteley, Walter – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
In this article, we develop a theoretical model for restructuring mathematical tasks, usually considered advanced, with a network of spatial visual representations designed to support geometric reasoning for learners of disparate ages, stages, strengths, and preparation. Through our geometric reworking of the well-known "open box…
Descriptors: Geometry, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Logic, Thinking Skills
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Marra, Rose M.; Jonassen, David H.; Palmer, Betsy; Luft, Steve – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method where student learning occurs in the context of solving an authentic problem. PBL was initially developed out of an instructional need to help medical school students learn their basic sciences knowledge in a way that would be more lasting while helping to develop clinical skills…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Constructivism (Learning)
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2018
For the forty-first time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains twenty-seven…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education
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Smith, C. A., Ed. – Biochemical Education, 1999
Discusses the problem-based learning format as it relates to the education of medical students. Describes key objectives in the education of physicians and questions how effective medical schools are in achieving those key objectives using a problem-based format. (CCM)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Learning Theories
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Biley, Francis – Nurse Education Today, 1999
Nursing students (n=45) using problem-based learning (PBL) strongly felt increased tension both in making the transition to PBL from traditional forms of education and in the conflict between students' desire for knowledge acquisition and the less concrete outcomes of PBL. (SK)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Educational Change, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
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Blue, Amy V.; Stratton, Terry D.; Donnelly, Michael B.; Nash, Phyllis P.; Schwartz, Richard W. – Medical Teacher, 1998
Examines the relationship between medical students' communication apprehension and their performance in problem-based learning sessions as assessed by a tutor and by their knowledge acquisition. (DDR)
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
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Blake, Robert L.; Hosokawa, Michael C.; Riley, Shari L. – Academic Medicine, 2000
Performances on Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) were compared for classes that had completed a new problem-based learning curriculum and for previous, traditionally instructed classes at the University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine. Students in the problem-based learning curriculum outperformed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Innovation
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Ault, David; Rutman, Gilbert – Journal of Economic Education, 1978
In a study of intermediate level college economics courses, achievement levels of students taught by a problem-centered approach were compared with achievement levels of students taught by traditional lecture and discussion methods. Experimental students did no better than the control students. Additional research is suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education
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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1994
A study of 88 students in a problem-based surgery clerkship found significant gain in knowledge level, found to be linked to improved clinical performance. Additional findings included peers were good judges of students' knowledge and skills; faculty were not good judges of changes in student skills or ability to apply them. (MSE)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Clinical Experience, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Eagle, Chris J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
Evaluation of problem-based learning tutorials with 70 medical students found that, when tutors had expertise in the clinical cases studied, student groups generated twice as many learning issues, and issues were three times more congruent with the case objectives. Additionally, groups with expert tutors spent more time overcoming identified…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Knowledge Level
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Verhoeven, B. H.; Verwijnen, G. M.; Scherpbier, A. J. J. A.; Holdrinet, R. S. G.; Oeseburg, B.; Bulte, J. A.; van der Vleuten, C. P. M. – Medical Teacher, 1998
Compares the academic achievement of students from two Dutch medical schools, one employing problem-based learning (PBL) and one using non-PBL methods. No systematic differences were found on total test scores. Differences were demonstrated only at the level of individual questions. Results indicate that PBL and non-PBL instructional methods have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
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