Problem+Based+Learning

=** Problem Based Learning (PBL) **=

====**PBL is a teaching strategy which places the teacher in the role of facilitator and the student in the roles of investigator, problem solver, deliberator and collaborator. Students are asked to solve a problem or make a decision, based on the analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of mulitple pieces of information placed before them or left for them to find. Read more:**====
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 * PBL is often done using the jigsaw technique; a technique which is about scaffolding (building on existing knowledge). Each student in a PBL jigsaw group is responsible for initiaitng the inquiry on a selected piece of the problem.** This we might say is the generalist level. Groups then change and each student 'expert' goes to the table of other experts on that same piece of the topic. There they build on the knowledge each brought to the table. They then go back to the generalist groups to teach each other what they have each learned from their expert sharing, their collaboration, and their perspective-taking.


 * PBL: What is it?**
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 * American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) on PBL:**
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 * Wikipedia's description.of PBL**
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 * Online repository of information on PBL**
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 * Clearinghouse of cases/problems**
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 * Image that explains the PBL process**
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 * PBL on other college campuses**
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 * What does the research say?**
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