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Problem-Based Learning as an Example of Active Learning and Student Engagement

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Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy that focuses on critical reasoning to achieve a high degree of student engagement. PBL is an example of rich environments for active learning (REAL). REALs are comprehensive instructional systems that promote study and investigation within authentic contexts; encourage the growth of student engagement and responsibility, decision making, and intentional learning; cultivate collaboration among students and teachers; utilize dynamic, interdisciplinary, generative learning activities that promote higher-order thinking processes to help students develop rich and complex knowledge structures; and, assess student progress in content and learning-to-learn within authentic contexts using realistic tasks and performances. In this chapter, we compare existing assumptions underlying education with new assumptions that promote problem solving and higher-level thinking.

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  1. Information and Learning Technologies, University of Colorado at Denver, Campus Box 106, P.O. Box 173364, 80217-3364, Denver, CO, USA

    Scott Grabinger & Joanna C. Dunlap

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  1. Computer Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, 35100, Izmir, Bornova, Turkey

    Tatyana Yakhno

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Grabinger, S., Dunlap, J.C. (2002). Problem-Based Learning as an Example of Active Learning and Student Engagement. In: Yakhno, T. (eds) Advances in Information Systems. ADVIS 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2457. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36077-8_39

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