Problem-based learning: Where did it come from, what does it do, and where is it going?

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-362

  Gallagher, Shelagh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 0031287563     PISSN: 01623532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016235329702000402     Document Type: Article

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