DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE
Teachers’ assessment-related local adaptations
of a problem-based learning module
Susan Pedersen Æ Abdurrahman Arslanyilmaz Æ Douglas Williams
Published online: 19 May 2007
Ó Association for Educational Communications and Technology...
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DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE
Teachers’ assessment-related local adaptations
of a problem-based learning module
Susan Pedersen Æ Abdurrahman Arslanyilmaz Æ Douglas Williams
Published online: 19 May 2007
Ó Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2007
Abstract Teachers’ implementation of a problem-based learning (PBL) program was
examined to determine both how they assessed student learning and their reasons for these
assessment practices.
Ten 6th grade science teachers used Alien Rescue, a computer-based
PBL module, with their students for approximately three weeks.
Interviews, observations,
and teacher-developed artifacts were analyzed qualitatively.
The results suggest that
assessment-related issues impacted the way that teachers implemented this PBL program,
with teachers using grades as extrinsic motivators, deemphasizing PBL’ usual focus on
student reflection on their process and solutions, and adding assignments to the PBL
program in order to provide greater structure fo
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