Problem-Based Learning: Case Studies

From: International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

P. Schwartz, S. Mennin and G. Webb (eds), Problem-Based Learning: Case Studies, Experience and Practice, Kogan Page, 2001, 192 pp., 19.99 pbk.

Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching technique in which students are presented with a problem and have to identify and follow up the learning goals required to solve the problem. This is in contrast to more traditional teaching where a teacher specifies in advance what a student should learn then later presents problems that exercise this knowledge. Problem-Based Learning: Case studies, experience and practice provides a wide range of case ...

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