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Problems As Possibilities:

Problem-Based Learning for K-16 Educators

(Book - $22.95* - 129 pages)

In this second edition of their book, Torp and Sage offer opportunities to learn about PBL from a variety of perspectives. New to this edition is an in-depth look at assessing education in and through problem-based learning -- how to use assessment not only to see what students have learned during the PBL experience, but also to enhance PBL itself. New examples -- from elementary, secondary, and university levels -- new charts, and expanded graphics enhance every chapter of this new edition.

ListServ PBL - Problem-Based Learning K-12 Dialogue

PBL is a curriculum development and instructional system which simultaneously develops both problem-solving strategies and disciplinary knowledge bases and skills by placing students in the active role of finding solutions to ill-structured, real-world problems.

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Problem-Based Learning: 3 Classrooms in Action

(DVD - $29.00* - 30 minutes)

Produced by IMSA's Problem-Based Learning Network, this video visits three different types of classrooms where students are learning in a problem-based environment:

5th & 8th graders explore expanding a Blue Bag Recycling Program

High School sophomores consider recidivism in women's prisons

5th & 6th graders consider the effects on the community of moving a road

Problem-Based Learning: Ahead of the Pack

(DVD - $19.00* - 15 minutes)

Produced by IMSA's Problem-Based Learning Network, this video highlights the benefits of PBL through the experience of students in a field-based Ecology course at IMSA.

Inquiry and Problem Solving: Meaning-Making in Mathematics and Science

(DVD & Booklet - $25.00)

Videotape and resource booklet includes conversations with classroom teachers from the First in the World Consortium and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy®. These teachers discuss where inquiry and problem-solving have distinct characteristics and where they converge in science. They also talk about the methods that use to foster inquiry and probem-solving in their classroom. For grades 5-12. Produced by IMSA's External Education Programs.

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