The impact of scaffolding and student achievement levels in a problem-based learning environment

Instructional Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-72

  Simons, Krista D ^a   Klein, James D ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Curriculum and Instruction   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle school; Problem based learning (PBL); Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846274237     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-006-9002-5     Document Type: Article

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