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Problem-Based Learning

INTRODUCTION


CTL WORKSHOP RESOURCES



ARTICLES ON PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING


BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE CENTRE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Doyle, T. (2008). Helping students learn in a learner-centred environment: A guide to facilitating learning in higher education. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Duch, B.J., Groh, S.E., & Allen, D.E. (Eds.). (2001). The power of problem-based learning: A practical “how to” for teaching undergraduate courses in any discipline. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Knowlton, D.S., & Sharp, D.C. (Eds.). (2003). Problem-based learning in the information age. New Directions for Teaching and Learning No. 95. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Weimer, M. (2002). Learner-centered teaching: Five key changes to practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

EXTERNAL WEB RESOURCES

PBL Clearing House.

https://primus.nss.udel.edu/Pbl/
Sample University of Delaware Problems: http://www.udel.edu/pbl/problems/

Although you need to create a login for this site, it is free and gives you access to hundreds of problems and resources related to problem-based learning. It is hosted at the Uiversity of Delaware and has problems from all disciplines.

Biz Ed. http://www.bized.co.uk/index.htm 
Problem-Based Learning Section: http://www.bized.co.uk/current/pbl/educator.htm 

This site has extensive resources to support the teaching and learning of business subjects. It has an extensive section on problem-based learning with several well developed problems that can be used.

WebQuests. http://webquest.org/index.php 

A webquest is a problem-based online lesson format that integrates resources from the web and research skills in the process of examining a problem. They have been used in K-12 for many years, but the format is easily applicable to undergraduate learning.

GeoSciences. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/teaching_methods/guided_discovery/what.html

This school at the Carleton University has also done extensive work related to guided discovery learning and has an excellent website with sample problems as well as informtion on a variety of teaching and assessment methods.