Since the 1960s, there has been growing and sustained interest in small-group learning
approaches at the school level and in higher education. A voluminous body of literature in …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 792–806 Objectives In this review, we portray the process of
problem‐based learning (PBL) as a cognitive endeavour whereby the learner constructs …

Background This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of PBL–CBL
combined teaching in thyroid surgery and make observations from the students' …

A partir da teoria sociointeracionista da educação e da trajetória das práticas pedagógicas
nas sociedades ocidentais, o artigo apresenta a espiral construtivista como uma …

This unique and ground-breaking book is the result of 15 years research and synthesises
over 800 meta-analyses on the influences on achievement in school-aged students. It builds …

Self-determination Theory (SDT), designed by Edward Deci and Richard Ryan, serves
among the current major motivational theories in psychology. SDT research has been …

Science Teaching explains how history and philosophy of science contributes to the
resolution of persistent theoretical, curricular, and pedagogical issues in science education …

Evidence for the superiority of guided instruction is explained in the context of our
knowledge of human cognitive architecture, expert–novice differences, and cognitive load …

EI n behalf on the Institute of Medicine and my colleagues on the committee, I would like to
outline the major find-ings and recommendations of our report, Un-equal Treatment …

This study examines the evidence for the effectiveness of active learning. It defines the
common forms of active learning most relevant for engineering faculty and critically …