Scaffolding for Success in Problem-Based Learning
Open Access
- 13 December 1998
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Medical Education Online
- Vol. 3 (1)
- https://doi.org/10.3402/meo.v3i.4297
Abstract
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is based on an alternative pedagogical model to the conventional, didactic one, and offers benefits to the quality of student learning. The approach has been adopted by many institutions. The focus of this paper is on the influence of the learning support structure in an environment (such as the typical PBL environment) that encourages student independence as one of its basic tenets. The immediate reaction might be to assume that it takes on a reduced importance in such circumstances. That assumption is challenged in this paper.Keywords
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