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The Handbook for Economics Lecturers

Problem-Based Learning

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Frank Forsythe,
University of Ulster at Jordanstown
Revised Edition published October 2010
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  • Preface to the Revised Edition
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 What is problem-based learning?
  • 3 Designing problems/ tasks: four steps
  • 4 Assessing the response to a task
  • 5 Designing a PBL environment
  • 6 Where next?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix: Exemplars of PBL tasks used on Level 1 Microeconomics module
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