PBL Article Review

I found the webpage "In the Classroom - Problem Based Learning" from the Center for Educational Technologies website. I was very impressed with the page they have set up for problem based learning. The information is very general, but it is great information for someone just starting to experience problem based learning. The webpage began by giving an introduction to problem based learning along with a simple definition. It goes into how a PBL works and what concepts all go into one. It then talks about what the teachers role is in a PBL and ways teachers can overstep their boundaries. Lastly, the webpage gave some great sites to look into for more information on developing a Problem based learning project.

When reading the information the webpage gives, I noticed that it is all very general. What they are explaining is great and very useful but, I think more information would have been better. There is a link to a PBL model which is very helpful, it creates a to-do-list for a PBL. I thought the learning listed made a lot of sense and was accurate. It says that the idea of problem based learning is to teacher students how to learn. Students learn meaningful information that is relevant to their life rather than just memorizing facts.

The strengths of the article include the way it is written and the topics it covers. The article is very easy to understand and provides valuable knowledge about problem based learning and how it strengthens a classroom. The article also covers both students and teachers which is beneficial to everyone involved. A weakness of the article would have to be that it does not provide as much depth as needed to fully understand problem based learning. It simply goes over the basics and leaves it at that.

Problem-based learning. (2002). Retrieved from http://www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/classroom/teachers/FTtopic1.html