Double Entry Journal #13

1. What "dominant paradigm" is showing signs of wear?
The belief that the teacher and the texbook are the main source of knowledge and the student learns through lectures and readings.

2. According to the research, how does Project-Based Learning support student learning better than traditional approaches? Describe three benefits and cite the studies.

• students benefit from gains in factual learning that are equivalent or superior to those of studnets hwo engage in traditiona forms of instruction (Thomas, 2000).
• students engaged in project-based learning demonstrated a significant increase in scored on a critical-thinking test, as well as increased confidence in their learning (Sheperd 1998).
• students had developed a useful kind of mathematical knowledge that engaged them in "exploration and thought" (Boaler, 1997, p. 63)

3.  According to the research, how does Problem-Based Learning support student learning better than traditional approaches? Describe three benefits and cite the studies.

• students identify what they need to learn in order to solve a problem, and generate strategies for solution (Barrows, 1996;Hmelo-Silver, 2004).
•  medical students who are enrolled in problem-based learning score highter on clinical probem-solving measures and on actual ratings of clinical performance (Vernon & Blake, 1993; Albanese & Mitchel, 1993)
• students develop knowledge to guide decisionmaking(Lundeber, Levin & Harrington, 1999; Savery & Duffy, 1996; Williams, 1993)

4.  According to the research, how does Learning by Design support student learning better than traditional approaches? Describe three benefits and cite the studies.

• ideal for developing technical and subject matter knowledge (Newstetter, 2000).
• help students develop understanding of complex systems (Perkins, 1986).
• better learning outcomes than the traditional approach to instruction. (Kolodner, 2000).

5. What are the differences between the three approaches?

Project-Based learning the students learn through completing complex tasks that usually result in a realistic product.

Problem-Based Learning the students are given a problem and have to use reasoning and thier resources to solve the problem.

Learning by Design the students learn through designing and creating an application of their knowledge.

 

6. In your opinion, what is the most important benefit to learning that is common across the three types of inquiry-based learning approaches?

In my opinion the most important benefit to learning that is common across these three approaches is the fact that the student are limited to one right way to do things and they learn by doing not by reciting what the teacher did previously in the lesson.