Exploring the tensions of problem-based learning: Insights from research

New Directions for Teaching and Learning

Volumn 2003, Issue 95, 2003, Pages 13-23

  Hung, Woei ^a   Harpole Bailey, Jessica ^b   Jonassen, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84889592518     PISSN: 02710633     EISSN: 15360768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tl.108     Document Type: Article

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