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Title: Problem Based Learning


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Problem Based Learning
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What is PBL?
  • Content introduced in context of complex
    real-world problems
  • Emphasizes
  • CT skills
  • Understanding
  • Learning how to learn
  • Working cooperatively with others
  • Addresses 3 common employer complaints
  • Poor written and verbal skills
  • Inability to problem-solve
  • Difficulty working collaboratively with other
    professionals

3
Who Does PBL?
  • Models
  • McMaster (Medical School, started gt 30 yrs. ago)
  • University of Delaware (for examples in biology,
    biochemistry, physics, chemistry, and nutrition
    see www.udel.edu/pbl/)
  • University of California, Irvine (PBL Faculty
    Institute)
  • Samford University (Center for PBL)
  • Southern Illinois University (School of Medicine)

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Why Do PBL?
  • Increased reasoning and problem solving skills
    (atypical medical cases Albanese, 1993 problem
    solving Gallagher, Stepien, Rosenthal, 1992)
  • Team work
  • Improved attitudes (increased enrollment,
    enhanced interest in major, positive feedback
    Pincus, 1995 reduced drop out rate Bridges and
    Hallinger, 1991, Pincus, 1995 friendlier
    climate Schmidt, Henny, and de Vries, 1992)
  • Basic knowledge (mixed results)

5
Examples
  • Hot-headed Moles
  • When Twins Marry Twins
  • A Day in the Life of John Henry

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Essential Factors
  • Engage students interest
  • Require decisions or judgements based on facts,
    information, logic and/or rationalization
  • Cooperation should be necessary
  • Promote higher order cognitive skills (Bloom)
  • Initial questions should be
  • Open ended
  • Connected to previously learned knowledge
  • Controversial issues that will elicit diverse
    opinions
  • Content objectives should be incorporated

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Instructors Role
  • Model different kinds of problem-solving
    strategies
  • Serve as facilitator or guide
  • Question students about their learning (How do
    you know that? What assumptions are you
    making?)

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Assessing PBL
  • Written examinations designed to transfer
    skills to similar problems
  • Practical examinations apply skills learned
  • Concept maps depict knowledge by creating nodes
    and links
  • Peer assessment provide evaluation rubric,
    reflects cooperative nature of PBL
  • Self assessment identify gaps in knowledge
  • Facilitator assessment how successful
    individuals interacted and cognitive growth
  • Oral presentation practice communication skills
  • Reports practice writing skills

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Designing Scenarios
  • Can come from anywhere Literature, TV, news,
    newspapers
  • Consider
  • A loosely structured case or prompt embedded with
    links to desired outcomes
  • Small group collaborative learning
  • A one sentence case can drive the curriculum for
    weeks
  • Use of hands-on materials for hypothesis testing
  • Learning is open
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