Focuses on the practical questions that anyone wishing to embark on PBL wants to know: "Where do I start?" "How do you find problems?" "What do I need to know about managing groups?" "How do you grade?"

The case studies from a variety of disciplines--including biochemistry, pre-law, physics, nursing, chemistry, political science and teacher education--provide examples of practice. This introduction will assist faculty, department chairs and faculty developers to successfully harness this powerful process to improving learning outcomes.

is Associate Director of the Mathematics & Science Education Resource Center at the University of Delaware where, in 1992, she was one of a handful of science faculty who began to adapt PBL to their courses in the introductory sciences. This initial PBL effort became the impetus for a faculty-driven reform of undergraduate education on campus. She has also published widely and presented many workshops on PBL.

is Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware where, in 1992, she was one of a handful of science faculty who began to adapt PBL to their courses in the introductory sciences. This initial PBL effort became the impetus for a faculty-driven reform of undergraduate education on campus. She has also published widely and presented many workshops on PBL.

is Associate Professor and Undergraduate Programs Director in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware where, in 1992, she was one of a handful of science faculty who began to adapt PBL to their courses in the introductory sciences. This initial PBL effort became the impetus for a faculty-driven reform of undergraduate education on campus. She has also published widely and presented many workshops on PBL.

" I have followed the superb activities of these authors and colleagues at the University of Delaware to bring PBL to undergraduate education. In this book, they share their experience. This three part book does not disappoint." -- PBL Insight

"Think of this book as an enjoyable, readable 'owners manual' for problem-based learning across a variety of disciplines; and celebrate it's arrival because it makes the difficult task of turning classrooms into settings for active learning a whole lot easier." -- Russ Edgerton

"If you have ever wanted to know about PBL, here's the book for you! It's a splendid description of the secrets and strategies for any undergraduate classroom, from anthropology to zoology and everything in between. It tells of big classes and small, of writing problems and solving them, all written by a bevy of experts. It's a practical guide for both faculty and administrators dedicated to using one of the great active learning methods - the one that is absolutely tops in my judgment in training students to be independent learners." -- Clyde Freeman Herreid, Director of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science