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50 Years of ERIC
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The Relationship between Students' Small Group Activities, Time Spent on Self-Study, and Achievement
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Kamp, Rachelle J. A.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; van Berkel, Henk J. M.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the contributions students make to the problem-based tutorial group process as observed by their peers, self-study time and achievement. To that end, the Maastricht Peer Activity Rating Scale was administered to students participating in Problem-Based Learning tutorial groups.…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Problem Based Learning, Rating Scales, Peer Evaluation
Student and Tutor Perceptions on Attributes of Effective Problems in Problem-Based Learning
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Sockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
This study aimed to identify the attributes that students and tutors associated with effective PBL problems, and assess the extent to which these attributes related to the actual effectiveness of problems. To this end, students and tutors in focus groups were asked to discuss about possible attributes of effective problems. The same participants…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Problem Based Learning, Tutors, Teaching Methods
Learning More by Being Taught Less: A "Time-for-Self-Study" Theory Explaining Curricular Effects on Graduation Rate and Study Duration
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Schmidt, Henk G.; Cohen-Schotanus, Janke; van der Molen, Henk T.; Splinter, Ted A. W.; Bulte, Jan; Holdrinet, Rob; van Rossum, Herman J. M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
In this article, an alternative for Tinto's integration theory of student persistence is proposed and tested. In the proposed theory, time available for individual study is considered a major determinant of both study duration and graduation rate of students in a particular curriculum. In this view, other activities in the curriculum, in…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Graduation Rate, Structural Equation Models, Lecture Method
Academic and Social Integration and Study Progress in Problem Based Learning
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Severiens, Sabine E.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
The present study explores the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) on social and academic integration and study progress. Three hundred and five first-year students from three different psychology curricula completed a questionnaire on social and academic integration. Effects of a full-fledged PBL environment were compared to (1) effects of a…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Problem Based Learning, Credits, Educational Environment