Essential characteristics of student-generated learning issues in a problem-based curriculum

In a problem-based curriculum students generate learning issues that are the guidelines for their individual study. This study investigates the essential characteristics of learning issues and the importance they have in each year of training. Two (free response) questions about characteristics of l...

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Published in:Medical teacher 1998-07, Vol.20 (4), p.307-309
Main Authors: Van den Hurk, Marianne M, Dolmans, Diana H. J. M, Wolfhagen, Ineke H. A. P, van der Vleuten, Cees P. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active Learning
College students
Curricula
Educational Researchers
Educational Resources
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Independent Study
Keywords
Learning
Lifelong Learning
Medical Education
Medical schools
Medical Students
Netherlands
Problem Based Learning
Problem solving
Small Group Instruction
Student Developed Materials
Student Surveys
Study Skills
Subject Index Terms
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Summary:In a problem-based curriculum students generate learning issues that are the guidelines for their individual study. This study investigates the essential characteristics of learning issues and the importance they have in each year of training. Two (free response) questions about characteristics of learning issues were answered by medical students. The response was 69% ( n = 495). Students reported three important characteristics which were brought together in one definition: a useful learning issue contains a keyword that demarcates the content of a certain topic to be studied and is formulated concisely and unambiguously for all members of the tutorial group. There were small differences in the importance of the characteristics between years of training.
ISSN:0142-159X
1466-187X
DOI:10.1080/01421599880715