Problem-Based Learning: A Process for the Acquisition of Learning and Generic Skills
Problem-Based Learning: A Process for the Acquisition of Learning and Generic Skills
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基于问题的学习:获取学习和通用技能的过程
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2013
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Balachandran Palaniandy
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作者:
Balachandran Palaniandy
This research seeks to explore how problem-based learning (PBL) supported learning and the acquisition of generic skills in preuniversity college students. Eighty participants from a local private institution participated in this study. The topic of study was the� inheritance� of� Huttington’s� disease,� under� the� subject� of� Genetics. Students were trained in two PBL learning sessions on another topic before the actual intervention. Feedback on the implementation of PBL were gathered through written responses at the end of the three-week PBL session. Analyses of the written responses showed the strength of PBL in supporting learning and the acquisition of generic skill. Students reported positively in terms of acquiring various skills such as problem solving, critical and analytical thinking, communication, team work, life-long learning and self-directed learning. This research further support the value of implementing PBL as an approach towards teaching and learning.