The relationships between problem characteristics, achievement-related behaviors, and academic achievement in problem-based learning

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-490

  Sockalingam, Nachamma ^a   Rotgans, Jerome I ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^b  

^a Republic Polytechnic   (Singapore)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Achievement related classroom behaviors; Problem characteristics; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SCIENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SCIENCE;

EID: 80052260244     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9270-3     Document Type: Article

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