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Week 3: Problem-Based Learning
This week you should refer to the resources listed under Readings & References, and you need to complete the assignments listed under Assignments. This week's assignments focus on...


  • Reflecting on PBL as a learner and understanding what an instructor does to prepare a PBL module
  • Reviewing the process involved in investigating the Volcano Scenario
  • Developing a list of criteria for an excellent PBL lesson

Readings & References
Read: Chapter 2, 4-5 in How to Use Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom.

Browse: Problem Based Learning An outline of the problem based learning process

Read: Welcome to NASA's Earth Science Enterprise: Educational CD-ROM.

  • Under the Air section: "Atmospheric Phenomena" pp. 8-13

Recommended Web Sites:


Assignments
Do: Read Sample Week A Volcano Hypothesis and Analyses

Do: Read Sample Week A Volcano Questions and Problem Statement

Do: In Weeks 6, 9, 12, and 15 (Also known as Week C: Teacher as Designer), you will design your own individual PBL lesson. For this reason, you should be thinking about what makes an excellent PBL lesson. Read the PBL Design Rubric. Based on your readings and experience, suggest modifications that could be made to the PBL Design Rubric criteria. These modifications should address objectives, scenario, process, and assessment. We will look at the suggestions you submit. Then we may use them to revise the PBL Design Rubric.

Post suggested modifications for the PBL Design Rubric outlines to the discussion space in the Teacher as Designer in the Classroom.

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