Promoting Positive Academic Dispositions Using a Web-Based PBL Environment: The GlobalEd 2 Project
ARTICLE
Scott W. Brown, Kimberly A. Lawless, Mark A. Boyer
IJPL Volume 7, Number 1,
Abstract
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional design approach for promoting student learning, understanding and knowledge development in context rich settings. Previous PBL research has primarily focused on face-to-face learning environments, but current technologies afford PBL designers the opportunities to create online, virtual, PBL environments. The GlobalEd 2 Project is an example of a PBL environment that combines the positive characteristics of both face-to-face and online environments in a 14-week simulation of international negotiations of science advisors on global water resource issues. The GlobalEd 2 PBL environment is described examining the impact it has had on middle school students' interest in future science education experiences, self-efficacy related to writing in science and self-efficacy related to technology use for academic purposes using a pre-test post-test design. Analyses using ANOVAs of gain scores and ANCOVAs of subgroup differences demonstrate a positive impact on the science interest and self-efficacy of 208 middle-grade students from urban and suburban schools.
Citation
Brown, S.W., Lawless, K.A. & Boyer, M.A. (2013). Promoting Positive Academic Dispositions Using a Web-Based PBL Environment: The GlobalEd 2 Project. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 7(1), 67-90. Retrieved August 14, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/161145/.
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Keywords
- blended learning
- Demography
- gender differences
- instructional design
- Likert Scales
- Middle School Students
- problem based learning
- Racial Differences
- Science Careers
- science education
- Science Instruction
- Science Interests
- Secondary School Science
- Self Efficacy
- Simulated Environment
- Statistical Analysis
- Technology Uses in Education
- Writing Instruction
- Writing skills
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