A Pilot Study of Problem Formulation and Resolution in an Online Problem-based Learning Course

This paper discusses an exploratory study to investigate the existence, and nature, of student problem formulation and resolution processes in an undergraduate online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) course in Agricultural Sciences. We report on the use of a content analysis instrument developed to meas...

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Autores principales:	Rick Kenny, Mark Bullen, Jay Loftus
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2006
Materias:	Online learning problem-based learning problem-solving Constructivism instructional design content analysis Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a36deb43cb6144dc9f7210bd12fd5f762021-12-02T19:20:40ZA Pilot Study of Problem Formulation and Resolution in an Online Problem-based Learning Course10.19173/irrodl.v7i3.2481492-3831https://doaj.org/article/a36deb43cb6144dc9f7210bd12fd5f762006-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/248https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This paper discusses an exploratory study to investigate the existence, and nature, of student problem formulation and resolution processes in an undergraduate online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) course in Agricultural Sciences. We report on the use of a content analysis instrument developed to measure problem formulation and resolution (PFR) processes in online asynchronous discussions (Murphy, 2004a, 2004b) to analyze students' text-based, online discussions. The results offer evidence that students do engage in problem formulation and resolution and that these processes appear to be consistent with the PBL process carried out in this course. However, the nature of the PBL pedagogy, at least in this instructional context, ties the PBL problems to be solved tightly to a marked assignment structure and, therefore, appears to restrict the PFR process in its early and late stages.Rick KennyMark BullenJay LoftusAthabasca University PressarticleOnline learningproblem-based learningproblem-solvingConstructivisminstructional designcontent analysisSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 7, Iss 3 (2006)
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description	This paper discusses an exploratory study to investigate the existence, and nature, of student problem formulation and resolution processes in an undergraduate online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) course in Agricultural Sciences. We report on the use of a content analysis instrument developed to measure problem formulation and resolution (PFR) processes in online asynchronous discussions (Murphy, 2004a, 2004b) to analyze students' text-based, online discussions. The results offer evidence that students do engage in problem formulation and resolution and that these processes appear to be consistent with the PBL process carried out in this course. However, the nature of the PBL pedagogy, at least in this instructional context, ties the PBL problems to be solved tightly to a marked assignment structure and, therefore, appears to restrict the PFR process in its early and late stages.
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title	A Pilot Study of Problem Formulation and Resolution in an Online Problem-based Learning Course
title_short	A Pilot Study of Problem Formulation and Resolution in an Online Problem-based Learning Course
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A Pilot Study of Problem Formulation and Resolution in an Online Problem-based Learning Course

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