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ProblemSolvingModel
Is about
ProblemBasedLearningisasetofteachingmodelsthatusesproblemsasthefocusfordevelopingproblemsolvingskills,content,andself
regulation.Thismodelisgreatforteachingmathaswellasphysics.
Theory
ThisstrategyhasrootsintheCognitive
LearningTheory.
Inthismodelstudentsareconstructing
theirownknowledgeinordertomake
senseoftheexperience.
Problemsrepresentedinthemodeloften
haveconnectionstotherealworld,which
alsopromoteslearning.
ItcanalsoutilizeVygotskysSocial
LearningTheorybyusinggroupstohelp
encouragetostudentstolearnand
developunderstanding.
Assessment
Alternativeassessmentseffectively
measurestudentsabilitytodesigna
problemsolvingstrategy,generatea
hypothesis,gatherdata,andwork
collaborativelyinagroup.
Systematicobservationscanbeusedto
evaluatestudentsbyproducingarubric
forthestudentstofollow.
Checklists,orwrittendescriptionsof
dimensionsofanacceptableperformance,
canbeusedtoevaluatesystematic
thinking.
Ratingscalesarechecklistspairedwith
scalesofvaluesonwhicheachdimension
israted.
Creatinghighqualityassessmentsand
providingdetailedfeedbackareessential
topromotelearning.
Planning
IdentifyTopic
Identifyacomplexandabstracttopicto
betaught.
SpecifyLearningObjectives
Developingproblemsolvingabilitiesand
becomingselfdirectedareimportant
objectives.
Learningobjectivesshouldconvergeon
thetopicaswell.
IdentifyProblems
Selectclear,concreteandpersonalized
problemsthatstudentshaveenoughprior
knowledgetosolveit.
AccessMaterials
Providematerialsneededtosolvethe
problem.
Motivation
Problembasedlearningcapitalizesonthe
motivatingeffectsofcuriosity,challenge,
authentictasks,involvement,and
autonomy.
Evokingcuriosityfromstudentsaswell
aschallengingthemintrinsically
motivatesthemtocompletethetask.
Learningskillsthatwillhelptheminthe
realworldalsomotivatesstudents.
Groupworkcanalsobeutilizedwiththis
model,whichwillinturnincrease
motivationofstudents.
Implementing
ReviewandPresentProblem
Reviewthepriorknowledgeneededto
solvetheproblemthenpresentthe
problemitself.
DeviseaStrategy
Studentsdevelopastrategytosolvethe
problemwithoutactuallyattemptingit.
Ifstudentsgetlost,pointthemintheright
directionwithaslittleinstructionas
possible.
ImplementtheStrategy
Allowstudentstoimplementtheir
strategywhileprovidingscaffolding
whennecessary.
DiscussandEvaluateResults
Askstudentstoassessthevalidityoftheir
solutions.
Modification
Canbemodifiedtofityoungerstudents
bypresentingproblemsspecificallyand
concretelyandprovidingstudentswith
theguidanceneededtosuccessfullysolve
theproblem.
Makeextraefforttomakesurediverse
learnershavethepriorknowledgeneeded
tosolvetheproblem.
Thismethodiscanbebestutilizedinamathclassroom.Developingproblemsolvingskillsisessentialforstudentsenteringthe
realworld.Thismethodalsoallowsstudentstodevelopindependencyanddevelopscriticalthinkingskills.