The Relationships Between Problem Design and Learning Process in Problem-Based Learning Environments: Two Cases

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 635-645

  Hung, Woei ^a   Mehl, Katherine ^b   Holen, Jodi Bergland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Environment and Conservation ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

College students learning; Engagement; Problem design; Problem based learning; Self directed learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885633484     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-013-0066-0     Document Type: Article

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