Constructivism and the Five E's
An explanation of the five E's approach: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate (Miami Museum of Science).
IMSA Center for Problem-Based Learning
The Center was established by the Illinois Math and Science Academy to engage in PBL research, information exchange, teacher training, and curriculum development in K-16 educational settings.
Instructional Design Models
Comprehensive set of links to major models for instruction.
Learning Cycle
A graphic display of the five E's approach.
Problem Based Learning (Maricopa Community College
An overview, a collection of reviewed web sites and print material, lesson ideas and original publications. Includes a mathematics lesson that involves using the Internet to research the problem underlying an automobile purchase.
Problem-Based Learning
A method in which learners are progressively given more responsibility for their own education. PBL uses real world problems to stimulate learning, and to integrate and organize learned information in ways that will ensure its recall and application to future problems.
Problem-posing, Problem-solving, Persuasion
The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium emphasizes the 3 P's of science education: Problem-posing, Problem-solving and Peer Persuasion.
Project Approach
A comprehensive site on the theory and methodology; contains interactive spaces as well as examples (Sylvia Chard).
Publishing or Programming? Framework for WWW Sites
Discusses web research and publishing by children, suggesting the use of maps for the work children do on particular topics from launch, through brainstorming and early research, through pilot investigations and expert contributions to the final presentation.
The Socratic Method: Teaching by Asking Instead of
An explanation of the Socratic method of teaching by guided questioning.