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Reeves, Thomas C.; And Others – 1996
This paper describes the development, implementation, and effects of new approaches to cognitive assessment within an undergraduate engineering course at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The course, ENGR 110, "Introduction to Engineering," was designed to be a problem-based learning environment in which cadets worked in teams to solve…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, College Freshmen, Educational Assessment, Engineering Education
Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; And Others – 1992
A method is presented for collecting information about the match between students' learning issues in problem-based learning and teachers' objectives. Subjects were 82 second-year medical students at the University of Limburg in Maastricht (Netherlands) in a problem-based curriculum. During a unit on pregnancy, childbirth, and child development,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Edmondson, Katherine M. – 1993
This paper discusses the development of concept maps for an entire veterinary curriculum, for each of the planned courses, and for each of the case-based exercises in each course, drawing on current efforts at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) to develop an integrated curriculum for use in a problem-based…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), College Science, Concept Mapping, Curriculum Development
Brandon, Paul R.; And Others – 1992
In the course of developing a program evaluation scheme, a study was done of program topics identified as important to problem-based learning (PBL) by faculty and students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaii (Manoa) where a PBL curriculum is used. The study interviewed and surveyed key stakeholders, asking…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Research, Higher Education
Brooks, Jeffrey S.; Normore, Anthony H. – Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, 2005
Many educational philosophers and researchers have argued the importance of including ethical study and reflection in educational preparation programs, both for prospective teachers and administrators. Among other potential benefits, a moral foundation allows educators to evaluate current practices and assess their work amidst a seemingly…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Instructional Leadership, Ethics, Administrator Education

And Others; Newble, David I. – Journal of Medical Education, 1978
A model developed in Australia, designed to increase the reliability and validity of traditional final year examinations for medical students, aims to provide a profile of student performance over a range of defined competence categories. The level of competence is that expected of an intern. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Clinical Experience, Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests

Premi, J. N. – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
A study using problem-based, small-group techniques drawing on adult learning theories suggests this is a feasible approach to continuing medical education. Physicians use current and previous experience in the learning process and integrate new information with peer support, while the teacher facilitates learning and monitors the group process.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Diseases, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Sacramento. – 1998
A 1986 policy instituted by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges calls for strengthening the rigor and academic standards of all college-level courses to be counted toward the associate degree. The policy calls for all courses to promote students' ability to think critically. One of the first difficulties encountered by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking
McAlpine, Iain; Dudley, Nick – 2001
Problem-based learning (PBL) was used as the instructional design basis for a TAFE (Technical and Further Education) unit of competency developed for online delivery. The courseware was commissioned to provide online content for users of the Victorian TAFE Virtual Campus (Australia). The aim of the project was to provide courseware that would…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Course Evaluation, Courseware, Distance Education
Chrispeels, Janet H., Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2004
"Learning to Lead Together: The Promise and Challenge of Sharing Leadership" examines the dilemmas for school leaders and administrators, and the benefits for schools and students, when principals work with teachers (and their communities) to share leadership. Most schools function within existing hierarchical structures that contradict…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Restructuring, Middle Schools, Teacher Participation
Boggs, Heather; Laurenson, Sandra – 1997
This facilitator guide is intended for use with a series of three videotapes designed to help teachers, staff developers, administrators, and teacher educators engage teachers in ongoing professional development supporting the implementation of a problem-based teaching approach in vocational education. The guide's introduction discusses the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Activities
Guerrera, Claudia P.; Lajoie, Susanne P. – 1998
This aim of this study was to analyze the content of students' verbal interactions within a problem-based learning context in biology. This was achieved through the qualitative analysis of the verbal protocols of three groups of two clases of ninth-grade female students (average/high ability, high/high ability, and average/average ability). The…
Descriptors: Ability, Biology, Cooperation, Females
Webster, Richard S. – 2001
This paper defines and explains action learning and suggests some ideas and resources for putting action learning into practice. The paper is organized in eight sections of about one page each. The sections cover the following topics: (1) what action learning is; (2) how action learning works; (3) action learning and training--key differences; (4)…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Experiential Learning, Inplant Programs, Management Development
Smutny, Joan Franklin, Ed. – Illinois Association for Gifted Children Journal, 2001
Targeted to educators and parents of gifted children, this issue is divided into three sections that address differentiating curriculum for the gifted. The following articles are included: (1) "The Essential Assumptions Regarding Differentiation of Curriculum for Gifted Students" (Susan Winebrenner); (2) "Curriculum Differentiation…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Bohland, Mark A. – 2003
This guide features a problem-based learning (PBL) unit specifically designed for student-centered learning of new and meaningful content on diseases. Students grapple with a complex and changing problem that requires higher level thinking skills in an environment in which students work both individually and in collaboration with others. Includes…
Descriptors: Biology, Communicable Diseases, Cooperative Learning, Creative Thinking