A Practical Introduction to Problem-Based Learning

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Date/Time:Friday, 15 Apr 2022 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location:4202 Student Innovation Center
Cost:Free
URL:http://www.celt.iastate.edu/events-registration
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Phone:515-294-5357
Channel:Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Categories:Training, development
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Most instructors want to develop their students' ability to solve practical, realistic problems of the sort found in the real world. Despite that, instruction typically emphasizes textbook examples and homework that has little to do with the types of problems encountered outside of the classroom. This session offers a practical introduction to Problem-based learning or PBL.

PBL is a form of inductive teaching that introduces students to realistic, open-ended problems and uses those problems to drive the desired course content and theory. Research shows that PBL is more effective than traditional teaching for a broad range of educational outcomes. Join Dr. Michael Prince in this workshop as he shares how using PBL as an interactive teaching method can increase student engagement and learning.

About the Presenter
Dr. Michael Prince (Professor, Chemical Engineering, Bucknell University) is the author of over 100 education-related papers for engineering faculty, with a particular focus on active and inductive teaching strategies. His current research examines the use of inquiry-based activities to repair persistent student misconceptions in thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as how to increase the diffusion of research-based instructional practices in both academic and corporate settings.

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Coordinated by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the College of Engineering at Iowa State University.