Chapter 9 - Instructional Media: Chalkboards to Video - CGISS

Some of the characteristics that make PBL ideal for active
learning include the following:
• Students experience learning in a collaborative and supportive
environment.
• Instructors enhance student motivation by providing real life
problems.
• Students seek useful and relevant knowledge to be able to
apply toward job skills and employment.
• Students identify, analyze, and resolve problems using
knowledge from previous experiences and courses, rather
than simply recalling it.
• Students are self-directed in their learning.
The Activity
• Plan and develop a solution
o Students confront a given problem in groups, organize prior
knowledge, and attempt to identify the nature of the
problem.
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Next, they pose questions about what they do not
understand and then design a plan to solve the problem
and identify the resources they need.
Students must gather prior knowledge as well as
information that they may not have understood in the past
as they work to solve the problem.
Solutions may be demonstrated to the class.
Team-Based Learning: A Strategic Approach to
Collaborative and Problem-Based Learning
The Intention
Collaborative learning is generally characterized by students
working in groups in some sort of learning activity. The basic
concept is that they will be able to help each other learn better
than if they were to study alone. One dilemma for the instructor is
that collaborative learning requires group participation but
individual accountability on the part of the student. Students who
come to group activities prepared to discuss the topic, or engage
in the activities are going to be able to contribute more than
students who do not prepare.
So, how do you encourage students to come prepared The
answer is to grade both group performance and individual
performance. In Michaelsen’s (2002) book, Team Based
Learning, he suggests a method where the students study the
Section: Lesson Delivery 86 Chapter 8: Using Active Learning