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Sockalingam, Nachamma; Schmidt, Henk G. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2011
This study aimed to identify salient problem characteristics perceived by students in problem-based curricula. To this end, reflective essays from biomedical students (N = 34) on characteristics of good problems were text-analyzed. Students identified eleven characteristics, of which they found the extent to which the problem leads to desired…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes, Essays, Biological Sciences
Kathpalia, Sujata Surinder; Heah, Carmel – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2011
Much of the work in academic writing has focused on the cognitive rather than the affective and social aspects involved in project-based writing. Emphasis in past research has been on skills and processes of writing rather than on affective factors such as motivation, attitudes, feelings or social factors involving intrapersonal and interpersonal…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Affective Objectives, Social Influences