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Giorgia Adorni; Alberto Piatti; Engin Bumbacher; Lucio Negrini; Francesco Mondada; Dorit Assaf; Francesca Mangili; Luca Maria Gambardella – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2025
In recent years, the emphasis on computational thinking (CT) has intensified as an effect of accelerated digitalisation. While most researchers are concentrating on defining CT and developing tools for its instruction and assessment, we focus on the characteristics of computational thinking problems (CTPs) -- activities requiring CT to be…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Learning Activities
John Mitchell; Emanuela Tilley – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2024
This paper will present the argument that while Problem Based Learning (PBL) (or its variant Project Based Learning, PjBL) provides significant benefits and advantages to student learning in of itself, the full benefit of PBL is only completely realised as part of an "integrated" curriculum that provides a variety of learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Engineering Education, Educational Researchers
Jin, Lixin; Doser, Diane; Lougheed, Vanessa; Walsh, Elizabeth J.; Hamdan, Lina; Zarei, Maryam; Corral, Guadalupe – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
The Training in Environmental Research and Academic Success (TIERA) program was created to increase recruitment and retention of environmental science majors at the University of Texas at El Paso, where ~80% of students self-declare Hispanic origin, providing a unique opportunity to increase diversity in the future STEM workforce. Through…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Mentors, Student Recruitment, School Holding Power
Roberts, Lindsay – College & Research Libraries, 2017
How can we better engage adult learners during information literacy sessions? How do we increase students' perception of the relevance and importance of information literacy skills for academic work and life in the real world? To explore these questions, the ARCS Model of Motivational Design and Problem-Based Learning were used to develop…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Online Searching, Search Strategies, Information Skills
Robinson, Rosanna L.; McDonald, James E. – Bioscience Education, 2014
Development of skills in bioscience undergraduates is seen as desirable by academic staff, students and employers, and this is reflected across most degree programmes. However, providing the opportunity for students to practise skills may alone be insufficient for their development. With an evident discrepancy between the skills expected of…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Biological Sciences, Science Process Skills, Learning Modules
Williams, Joseph; Rice, Rich; Lauren, Ben; Morrison, Steve; Van Winkle, Kevin; Elliott, Tim – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2013
It is crucial for Tech Comm instructors to address challenges of audience within the artificial environment of classroom instruction. Without a distinct and specific audience, course content often remains theoretical and abstract, and students struggle both to connect the unknown to the known, and to generate meaningful and effective…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Technical Writing, Audience Awareness, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Mühlfelder, Manfred; Konermann, Tobias; Borchard, Linda-Marie – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2015
In this paper we describe a "Train the Tutor" programme (TtT) for developing the metacognitive skills, facilitator skills, and tutor skills of students in a problem based learning (PBL) context. The purpose of the programme was to train 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students in psychology to become effective PBL tutors for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Based Learning, Tutor Training, Program Design
Tomkinson, Bland; Engel, Charles; Tomkinson, Rosemary – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2009
The world faces a number of complex challenges that are sometimes referred to as "wicked problems." Universities have been relatively poor at preparing graduates for such challenges, yet it will be the future professionals who need to tackle the problems. This essay looks at two related projects that have attempted to advance the skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Engineering Education, Science Education

Nathanson, Stephen – Journal of Legal Education, 1994
A law professor explains how he came to view legal problem solving as the driving concept in law school curriculum design and draws on personal experience and a survey of students concerning teaching methods in a commercial law course. He outlines six curriculum design principles for teaching legal problem solving. (MSE)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Legal Education (Professions)
Iatridis, Panayotis G. – 1990
An innovative curriculum called the "Regional Center Alternative Pathway," recently adopted by the Northwest Center for Medical Education (part of Indiana University's School of Medicine), is presented. The curriculum combines the traditional structure's didactic approach with a new problem-based tutorial curriculum. In this curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education

Schmidt, Henk G.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
A Dutch study compared the clinical diagnostic skills of 612 medical students educated at schools with problem-based, integrated, or conventional curricula. Students responded to 30 case histories epidemiologically representative of Dutch society and all organ systems. Students trained within problem-based and integrated curricula made more…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries

Culbertson, Vaughn L.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1997
Describes the problem-based learning methodology used at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy. Objectives of the four-semester course sequence are to emphasize fundamental basic science concepts, develop a system for pharmaceutical diagnosis, facilitate development of clinical problem-solving skills before clerkship, foster team-oriented…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking
Barell, John – 1995
This text, designed for both preservice and inservice educators, promotes critical thinking and problem solving across the curriculum. Chapter 1 presents information from personal observations and national studies to support the conclusion that educators need to spend more time creating environments that foster thoughtfulness. Chapter 2 defines…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Practices