Students' conceptions of constructivist learning: A comparison between a traditional and a problem-based learning curriculum

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-379

  Loyens, Sofie M M ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Authentic problems; Conceptions; Constructivism; Cooperative learning; Knowledge construction; Problem based learning; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33749011183     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-006-9015-5     Document Type: Article

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