The Power of Problem-Based Learning : A Practical How to for Teaching Undergraduate Courses in Any Discipline.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Why Problem-Based Learning? -- 2. Faculty Mentoring Faculty -- Appendix to Chapter 2 -- 3. Make it So -- 4. Models for Problem-Based Instruction in Undergraduate Courses -- 5. Writing Problems for Deeper Understanding -- Appendix to Chapter 5 -- 6. Strategies for Using Groups -- 7. Getting Started in Problem-Based Learning -- 8. Undergraduate Group Facilitators to Meet the Challenges of Multiple Classroom Groups -- 9. Assessment Strategies in a Problem-Based Learning Course -- Appendix to Chapter 9 -- 10. Problem-Based Learning and the Three Cs of Technology -- 11. The Evolution of Problem-Based Learning in a Biotechnology Course -- 12. A PBL Course that Uses Research Articles as Problems -- 13. Integrating Active Learning and the Use of Technology in Legal Studies Courses -- 14. Problem-Based Learning in Large and Very Large Classes -- 15. Problem-Based Learning: Preparing Nurses for Practice -- 16. The Large and The Small of It -- Appendix to Chapter 16 -- 17. PBL, Politics, and Democracy -- 18. Using Problem-Based Learning in General Chemistry -- Appendix to Chapter 18 -- 19. A Skeptic's Look at PBL -- 20. PBL in Preservice Teacher Education -- 21. Introductory Physics -- Appendix 1 to Chapter 21 -- Appendix 2 to Chapter 21 -- Index.

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