Problem-based Learning: A Research Perspective on Learning Interactions

Contents: H. Barrows, Foreword. Preface. C.E. Hmelo, D.H. Evensen, Introduction. Part I:The Group Meeting. H.G. Schmidt, J.H.C. Moust, Factors Affecting Small-Group Tutorial Learning: A Review of Research. T. Koschmann, P. Glenn, M. Conlee, When Is a Problem-Based Tutorial Not a Tutorial? Analyzing the Tutor's Role in the Emergence of a Learning Issue. J.E. Duek, Whose Group Is It, Anyway? Equity of Student Discourse in Problem-Based Learning (PBL). J. Faidley, D.H. Evensen, J. Salisbury-Glennon, J. Glenn, C.E. Hmelo, How Are We Doing? Methods of Assessing Group Processing in a Problem-Based Learning Context. T. Koschmann, D.H. Evensen, Five Readings of a Single Text: Transcript of a Videoanalysis Session. A.C. Meyers Kelson, L.H. Distlehorst, Groups in Problem-Based Learning (PBL): Essential Elements in Theory and Practice. C. Bereiter, M. Scardamalia, Commentary on Part I: Process and Product in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Research. Part II:Self-Directed Learning. P. Blumberg, Evaluating the Evidence That Problem-Based Learners Are Self-Directed Learners: A Review of the Literature. C.E. Hmelo, X. Lin, Becoming Self-Directed Learners: Strategy Development in Problem-Based Learning. D.H.J.M. Dolmans, H.G. Schmidt, What Directs Sef-Directed Learning in a Problem-Based Curriculum? D.H. Evensen, Observing Self-Directed Leraners in a Problem-Based Learning Context: Two Case Studies. B. Zimmerman, R.B. Lebeau, A Commentary on Self-Directed Learning. A.C. Myers Kelson, Epilogue: Assessment of Students for Proactive Life-Long Learning.