Problem Based
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Name: Jessica Richardson
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ProblemBasedModel
Is about
Focusingonaproblemtodevelopproblemsolvingskills.Thismodelhelpswithselfregulationandcriticalthinkingskills.
Main idea
Planning
Identifytopic:Thetopicmustbe
morecomplexandabstractthana
concept.Thetopicmustalsobean
organizedbodyofknowledge.
SpecifyLearningObjectives:
Therearetwotypes,shortterm
andlongterm.Theyarecontent
knowledge,andproblemsolving
andselfregulationskills.
IdentifyProblems:Problemsmust
beclear,concreteandpersonalized.
Mustdetermineifstudentshave
enoughbackgroundknowledgeto
solvetheproblem.
AccessMaterials:Studentsmust
haveaccesstothematerialsinorder
tosolvetheproblem.
Main idea
Implementing
ReviewandPresentProblem:
Reviewpriorknowledgetomakesure
studentshavealltoolsnecessaryto
solvethecurrentproblem.Presentthe
currentproblem.
DeviseaStrategy:Providejust
enoughguidance,butdonotprovide
toomuch.
ImplementStrategy:Students
implementthestrategy.Ifthisdoesnt
work,theteachermustscaffoldthe
students.Askingquestionsisagoof
formofscaffolding.
DiscussandEvaluateResults:Ask
thestudentstoassessthevalidityof
theirfindings.Istheanswercorrect
andreasonable?Somegroupsmay
endupwithdifferentanswers,sothis
phaseisveryimportant.
Main idea
Assessment
Monitorthestudents
throughoutthelessontomake
suretheyareontherighttrack.
Achecklistcanbeused
Youwillbeabletoassessthe
studentsthroughthediscussion
andevaluationattheendofthe
lesson.
Haveachecklistorrubricin
ordertobetterassessthe
students.
Alternateassessmentsthatcan
beusedareperformance
systematicobservations,rating
skills,andindividual/group
assessments.
Main idea
Motivation
Technologycanbeusedto
helpengageyourstudents.
Studentsdevelopcritical
thinkingskills.
Thestudentsarebuildingon
priorproblemsolvingskills.
Studentslearnselfregulation
skills.
Teachesstudentsproblemsolving,contentknowledge,andselfregulationskills.Italsodevelopscriticalthinking.Thetypesofproblemsused
inthelessonscanberealworldexamples.