PROBLEM BASED LEARNING

An introduction to PBL, resources, criticism, links

What is PBL? - Introduction and references

PBL materials collection

PBL Directory

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• Problem Based Learning: An Overview
• Using Case Studies to Teach Subject Matter
• Armstrong E: A hybrid model of problem-based learning. In: Boud D and Feletti G (editors): The challenge of problem-based learning, 137-149. London, Kogan Page, 1991.
• Barr RD and Tagg J: From teaching to learning - a new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change, Nov/Dec.1995:13-25 (also available online at http://critical.tamucc.edu/~blalock/readings/tch2learn.htm )
• Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2004). Problem-based learning: What and how do students learn? Educational Psychology Review, 16, 235-266.
• Hmelo-Silver, C. E. & Barrows, H. S. (2006). Goals and strategies of a problem-based learning facilitator. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 1. 21-39.
• Schmidt HG: Foundations of problem-based learning: some explanatory notes. Medical Education 27:422-432, 1993.

The Psychological Basis of Problem-based Learning: A Review of the Evidence - A Specital Article by Geoffrey R. Norman, Ph.D., and Henk G. Schmidt, Ph.D. (PDF)