Problem-based Learning - Softcover

Evensen, Dorothy H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805826459 ISBN 13: 9780805826456

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

This volume collects recent studies conducted within the area of medical education that investigate two of the critical components of problem-based curricula--the group meeting and self-directed learning--and demonstrates that understanding these complex phenomena is critical to the operation of this innovative curriculum. It is the editors' contention that it is these components of problem-based learning that connect the initiating "problem" with the process of effective "learning." Revealing how this occurs is the task taken on by researchers contributing to this volume. The studies include use of self-reports, interviews, observations, verbal protocols, and micro-analysis to find ways into the psychological processes and sociological contexts that constitute the world of problem-based learning.

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About the Author

Scardamalia is professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She is heads the Center for Applied Cognitive Science.

Barry J. Zimmerman is a Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He has conducted research and written extensively on the role of social learning and self regulatory processes of children, youth, and adults. He has written more than 200 research articles, book chapters, and professional conference papers. He has also authored or edited 14 books or journal volumes on social cognitive and self regulatory processes in the learning of children and youth. His most recent book is "Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement: Theoretical Perspectives".

Bereiter is professor at the ontario Institute for Studies in Education. He is a member of the Center for Applied Cognitive Science.

Howard S. Barrows, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Medical Education at Southern Illinois University, where he has been involved with their Problem Based Learning Initiative for many years.

Phyllis Blumberg

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0805826459
• ISBN 13: 9780805826456
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384