The Effects of Multimedia-Supported Problem-based Inquiry on Student Engagement, Empathy, and Assumptions About History

Targeting Transfer in a STELLAR PBL Course for Pre-Service Teachers

“…The qualitative and quantitative results converge to demonstrate how a PBL class with rich multimedia problems, access to information, and activity structures can promote learning and engagement with important concepts in educational psychology. Such learning and engagement is not likely to occur unless students have the opportunity to engage with ideas over extended periods of time, such as the extended time period for the STELLAR course (Brush & Saye, 2008), and have repeated opportunities to bring together the conceptual ideas with varied problems of practice (Derry, 2006;Spiro, Feltovich, Jacobson, & Coulson, 1992).…”

Drugs, Devices, and Desires: A Problem-based Learning Course in the History of Medicine

“…One of the issues that needs to be addressed in history courses is what is referred to as historical empathy (Brush & Saye, 2008;Yilmaz, 2007). This can be regarded as "the ability to view the world as it was seen by the people in the past without imposing today's values on the past" (Yilmaz, 2007, p. 331).…”

Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos (ABP): evaluación desde la perspectiva de alumnos de Educación Primaria

“…Además, los estudiantes que participan en actividades de ABP adquieren un mayor compromiso por el aprendizaje. Sin embargo, Brush & Saye (2008) afirman que el ABP es un verdadero reto para los docentes, pues necesitan apoyo para planificar y difundir el ABP con eficacia, mientras que los estudiantes necesitan ayuda para organizar su tiempo y poder completar las tareas, así como integrar la tecnología en los proyectos de manera significativa.…”