Description
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is the powerful value-added teaching and learning style that hundreds of schools across the country have successfully implemented in their classrooms. By highlighting core concepts practical applications and sample PBL exercises in an easy-to-follow format this comprehensive quick-reference manual empowers educators with the knowledge and strategies necessary to cultivate engaged proactive students while alleviating overburdened teachers. The text vividly illustrates how PBL can enliven curriculum and lesson-planning by encouraging students to play a more central role in their own learning process. It provides a straightforward framework for efficiently and effectively teaching problem-solving skills tapping children’s interests and previous knowledge and making the curriculum relevant to students’ worlds of meaning.
Special features include:Comprehensive definition of PBL and its benefits
PBL planning matrixes and sample PBL instructional materials for easy integration into the classroom
Real-life success stories of teachers using PBL techniques
Detailed PBL problem scenarios specific to each grade level with examples of how student groups worked together to solve them
FeaturesSub-Title – A Teacher’s Guide to Implementation.
Authored – Ann Lambros.
Author Affiliation – Wake Forest University USA.
Binding – Paperback.
Pages – 112.
Language – English.
Publication Date – 28-Jan-02
Primary Subject Code – Teaching Methods & Learning Styles – CF0.
Item Weight – 7 oz.
About the AuthorAnn Lambros is Director of the Center of Excellence for Research Teaching and Learning at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She is a consultant to K-12 schools and an expert at the creation and implementation of pro
