Characteristics of effective problems

Nachamma Sockalingam; Henk G. Schmidt

doi:10.1007/978-981-4021-75-3_7

Characteristics of effective problems

Nachamma Sockalingam^*, Henk G. Schmidt

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Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on problems - the instructional materials used in problem-based learning (PBL) to initiate and guide learning. Despite the known importance of the quality of problems in PBL, there is not much empirical research on what constitutes effective problems. This chapter presents seminal work carried out in Republic Polytechnic, Singapore and Erasmus University, The Netherlands on characteristics of effective problems and provides guidelines on designing effective problems. In addition, this chapter provides a validity-and-reliability tested instrument shown to be useful in assessing the quality of problems in PBL.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	One-Day, One-Problem
Subtitle of host publication	An Approach to Problem-based Learning
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	141-165
Number of pages	25
Volume	9789814021753
ISBN (Electronic)	9789814021753
ISBN (Print)	9814021741, 9789814021746
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4021-75-3_7
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2012

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