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The Nature of Problem-based Learning
Kay Wilkie
- pp 11-36
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A major characteristic of PBL is that the problem is presented to the students before the material has been learned rather than after, as in the more traditional ‘problem-solving approach’.Abstract:
PBL is an instructional method in which students work in small groups to gain knowledge and acquire problem-solving skills. A major characteristic of PBL is that the problem is presented to the students before the material has been learned rather than after, as in the more traditional ‘problem-solving approach’. A second notable feature of PBL is that the problems are presented in the context in which students are likely to encounter the given (or a similar) problem in real life. It is this contextualisation of material which makes PBL an attractive strategy for the education of professionals (cf. Chapter 1).read more
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Problem-based learning: a review of literature on its outcomes and implementation issues
Mark A. Albanese,Susan Mitchell +1 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that caution be exercised in making comprehensive, curriculum‐wide conversions to PBL until more is learned about (1) the extent to which faculty should direct students throughout medical training, (2) PBL methods that are less costly, (3) cognitive‐processing weaknesses shown by PBL students, and (4) the apparent high resource utilization by P BL graduates.
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Problem-based learning : an approach to medical education
Howard S. Barrows,Robyn Tamblyn +1 more
TL;DR: This book presents the scientific basis of problem-based learning and goes on to describe the approaches to problem- based medical learning that have been developed over the years at McMaster University, largely by Barrows and Tamblyn.
World development report 1993 : investing in health
Seth Berkley,Jose Luis Bobadilla,Robert Hecht,Kenneth Hill,Dean T. Jamison,Christopher J L Murray,Philip Musgrove,Helen Saxenian,Jee-Peng Tan +8 more
TL;DR: This report examines the controversial questions surrounding health care and health policy and advocates a threefold approach to health policy for governments in developing countries and in the formerly socialist countries, based in large part on innovative research.
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A taxonomy of problem-based learning methods
TL;DR: A taxonomy is proposed to facilitate an awareness of differences in quality and in the educational objectives that can be achieved and to help teachers choose a problem‐based learning method most appropriate for their students.
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The psychological basis of problem-based learning: A review of the evidence
TL;DR: There is no evidence that PBL curricula result in any improvement in general, content-free problem-solving skills, and there are several potential advantages for students' learning claimed for problem-based learning.