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Introduction to Writing PBL Problems

This workshop provides an introduction to writing problem-based learning (PBL) problems, including factors that influence decision-making about problems, strategies for developing effective problems, and resources for finding and disseminating PBL materials. It covers how PBL problems relate to the real world, motivate students, require decision-making, and encourage discussion. The workshop also discusses the importance of incorporating course content objectives and higher order thinking skills into PBL problems.

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Introduction to Writing PBL Problems

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  1. Introduction to Writing PBL Problems Institute for TransformingUndergraduate Education University of Delaware

  2. Good PBL Problems… • relate to real world, motivate students • require decision-making or judgments • are multi-page, multi-stage • are designed for group-solving • pose open-ended initial questions that encourage discussion • incorporate course content objectives, higher order thinking

  3. What Factors Influence Decisions About Problems Who is the problem writer? - discipline - control issues - level of investment What is the course? - students (number and level) - sequencing of course/problems - time/structure of class

  4. Sources and Strategies forWriting Problems Newspaper articles, news events Popular press in the discipline Make up a story – based on content objectives Adapt a case to a problem Research papers Other?

  5. Step One Identify the course You can think of the subject, level of students, size of class, how you would use it. List the learning objectives that would be met by this problem.

  6. Step Two Think of a scenario. Sketch out the first page.

  7. Step Three What comes next? Write a brief synopsis of the problem, emphasizing the possible staging of the problem. Be prepared to report out.

  8. Step Four How would you assess to see if students met your original learning objectives?

  9. Rubric to Evaluate PBL Problems

  10. Rubric to Evaluate PBL Problems

  11. Rubric to Evaluate PBL Problems

  12. Electronic Dissemination of PBL Materials

  13. PBL Clearinghouse An online database of PBL articles and problems. All material is peer-reviewed by PBL practitioners for content and pedagogy. All problems are supported by learning objectives and resources, teaching and assessment notes. Holdings are searchable by author, discipline, keywords, or full text. Fully electronic submission, review, and publication cycle. Controlled access by free user subscription, students excluded.

  14. www.udel.edu/pblc/

  15. PBL Clearinghouse Currently there are more than 5000 registered users and 70 PBL problems. Of the problems available, more than half are in physics, chemistry, and biology, but the number in other disciplines is growing steadily. We are very interested in publishing adaptations of problems to other cultural/geographical contexts. www.udel.edu/pblc

  16. UD PBL online PBL at UDwww.udel.edu/pbl PBL Clearinghousewww.udel.edu/pblc Watson homepagewww.physics.udel.edu/~watson This workshopwww.udel.edu/pbl/AUB

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