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Bebeau, Muriel J.; Thoma, Stephen J. – Journal of Dental Education, 1994
A study of 720 dental students in 8 cohorts participating in a problem-oriented dental ethics curriculum over 4 years found that, in 7 of the cohorts, the instruction had a significant effect on students' moral reasoning, in comparison with 265 nonparticipants. In addition, the students valued the instruction. (MSE)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Dental Schools, Ethical Instruction, Ethics

Vernon, David T. A. – Academic Medicine, 1995
A survey of 882 medical school faculty serving as problem-based learning (PBL) tutors found that most felt that PBL and traditional curricula were approximately equally efficient for learning; PBL rated higher in student interest, faculty interest, personal satisfaction, student reasoning, and preparation for clinical rotations; and traditional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Medical Education

Bernstein, Peter; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1995
A study of a new University of Toronto medical school problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum found that students (n=207) and faculty (n=15) had more favorable attitudes toward PBL after direct experience with it than before. Recommendations are made for other schools and programs wishing to implement PBL curricula. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Higher Education

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

Pincus, Karen V. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
A new approach to introductory accounting at the University of Southern California teaches students to view issues from varied perspectives, broadens exposure to unstructured problems with more than one solution approach, and places accounting in real-world context. It has increased enrollment and persistence and attracted new students to the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Active Learning, College Instruction, Course Descriptions

Richards, Boyd F.; Cariaga-Lo, Liza – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
Seventeen medical students in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum reported that on average they spent twice as much time preparing for step 1 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination as did 52 students in the traditional lecture-based curriculum at the same school. Different learning approaches were also employed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Learning Processes, Lecture Method

Thompson, H. Bradford – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1992
This report includes the framework, the experiences, the benefits, student attitude survey results, typical computer screen output, and BASIC program listings for PROBLEM, a general computer system for homework management in a time-sharing environment that can handle any exercise in which students must calculate numerical results from numerical…
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Mathematical Applications

McDermott, John F.; Anderson, Alexander S. – Academic Medicine, 1991
University of Hawaii medical school workshops retrain faculty for their roles as tutors in the newly adopted problem-based curriculum. Assessment of trainees' knowledge and skills before and after the sessions indicate the training was successful and also identified common problems faced by traditional teachers in the new role of facilitator.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Medical Education

Smith, Richard Merrill – Academic Medicine, 1993
A University of Hawaii study compared objective and subjective assessments of the three-step triple jump examination which tests medical students' clinical problem-solving processes. Subjects were 58 first-year students. Results found the subjective assessments were more consistent across problems of varying difficulty level than were objective…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability

Branda, Luis A. – Journal of Dental Education, 1990
The last decade has shown a steady increase in the introduction of problem-based learning (PBL) in the education of health professionals. A variety of medical and dental schools have implemented PBL using different formats incorporating self-directed and small-group learning, illustrating the many options this combination of techniques offers.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Dental Schools, Dentists, Educational Strategies

Wilkerson, Luann; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
Four problem-based tutorial groups (n=23 students, n=4 faculty) in Harvard University Medical School's New Pathway track were studied to determine what interactions characterized student-directed discussion. It was found that students selected most topics discussed, that tutors questioned infrequently, provided limited information, and tolerated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Discussion Groups, Group Dynamics, Higher Education

Buzzelli, Andrew R. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1994
At the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, a core course in pediatric optometry was revised to use a problem-centered approach and implemented with a class of 147 students. Students were assigned specific roles to distribute work evenly. A survey found students responded positively to this approach. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Organization, Educational Strategies, Higher Education

Charlin, Bernard; Mann, Karen; Hansen, Penny – Medical Teacher, 1998
In literature on problem-based learning (PBL), it is often difficult to determine whether the educational approach being described is actually PBL. Provides planners and assessors of PBL curricula with a framework for analysis. Educational activities can be categorized as PBL according to three core principles and four criteria concerning their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Discovery Learning, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries

Osterman, Karen F. – Journal of School Leadership, 1994
Reviews research on organizational change and leader effectiveness, and argues that communication should be addressed formally in administrator and teacher preparation programs. An ongoing effort to develop a communication skills component of an administrator preparation program that incorporates problem-based learning is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Communication Skills, Cooperation, Educational Administration

Corrent-Agostinho, Shirley; Hedberg, John; Lefoe, Geraldine – Educational Media International, 1998
Describes how the World Wide Web was implemented in a graduate course that focused on technology-based learning at the University of Wollongong (Australia). The interactions that took place among students, and between students and the instructor illustrate how problem-based learning strategies can be supported by the Web. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study