Index of course materials Course designed by Gail Gruber, WNMU, Silver City, NM

Problem Based Learning

Our goal in this course is to choose a problem and solve it. Along the way you will learn about the technology necessary to solve the problem, as well as some specific programs I believe you should know for the field of Education. Reference: Problems as Possibilities: Problem-Based Learning for K-12 Education by Linda Torp and Sara Sage.

Torp and Sage define PBL as follows: "Problem-based learning is focused, experiential learning (minds-on, hands-on) organized around the investigation and resolution of messy, real-world problems. It is both a curriculum organizer and instructional strategy, two complementary processes. PBL includes three main characteristics:

Engages students as stakeholders in a problem situation.
Organizes curriculum around this holistic problem, enabling student learning in relevant and connected ways.
Creates a learning environment in which teachers coach student thinking and guide student inquiry, facilitating deeper levels of understanding (page 14)."

More information on PBL can be obtained at the following:

World Wide Web Site Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/

Threaded Discussion Forum Add your thoughts and comments to the ongoing discussion (or just read it). Moderated by ASCD. http://www.ascd.org/ Click on Communication & Forums; then click on ASCD Network: Problem-Based Learning.

Listserv Online dialogue among those interested and working in problem-based learning. Maintained by IMSA.
To subscribe:

Send mail to: MAJORDOMO@IMSA.EDU

With the message: subscribe imsacpbl-l [your email address]

To send mail:

Send mail to: IMSACPBL-L@IMSA.EDU

To get more information about using the list:

Send mail to: MAJORDOMO@IMSA.EDU

With the message: HELP

Other References Engaged Learning http://www.ncrel.org/mands/FERMI/index.html

Engaged Learning http://fromnowon.org/mar98/flotilla.html

This model requires the students to construct answers. The main idea is that the problem is the organizing center, the teacher is the coach, and the student is the active learner who is constructing meaning and solving problems.

We will need to form groups and select a problem. This problem will guide our study throughout the course of the semester. Please email the group with your ideas.

Index of course materials Course designed by Gail Gruber, WNMU, Silver City, NM

World Wide Web Site	Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy	http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/
Threaded Discussion Forum	Add your thoughts and comments to the ongoing discussion (or just read it). Moderated by ASCD.	http://www.ascd.org/ Click on Communication & Forums; then click on ASCD Network: Problem-Based Learning.
Listserv	Online dialogue among those interested and working in problem-based learning. Maintained by IMSA.	To subscribe: Send mail to: MAJORDOMO@IMSA.EDU With the message: subscribe imsacpbl-l [your email address] To send mail: Send mail to: IMSACPBL-L@IMSA.EDU To get more information about using the list: Send mail to: MAJORDOMO@IMSA.EDU With the message: HELP
Other References	Engaged Learning	http://www.ncrel.org/mands/FERMI/index.html
	Engaged Learning	http://fromnowon.org/mar98/flotilla.html