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Title:
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A COGNITIVE MODEL OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNINGAND ITS APPLICATION TO EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE DESIGN |
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Author(s):
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Preetha Ram , Ashwin Ram , Jennifer Holzman , Chris Sprague |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-42-3 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Web based problem based learning environment |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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530 |
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Last Page:
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537 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Problem-based learning (PBL) is a constructivist pedagogy in which students learn in small groups by working on realworld
problems. Despite its many benefits, however, this pedagogy is still not widely used in K-16 classrooms, especially
with large numbers of students. Traditional human-facilitated PBL places intense demands on faculty to facilitate
problem-solving sessions with small groups of students; on the other hand, most educational technologies do not provide
PBLs collaborative problem-solving experience. We propose a cognitive model of the problem-based learning process.
We present a software environment called CaseBook that allows instructors to author and share problems and provides
students with a pedagogically-sound PBL experience based on the cognitive model. CaseBook has been used in high
school and undergraduate chemistry and biology classes, and we discuss results from two studies in actual classrooms. |
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