Clarice Wirkala, Deanna Kuhn, Problem-Based Learning in K-12 Education: Is it Effective and How Does it Achieve its Effects?, American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 48, No. 5 (October 2011), pp.

Two major studies demonstrate the effectiveness of problem-based learning and show that students, parents and teachers prefer such immersive learning techniques.

It encouraged teachers to design learning experiences that engaged students in meaningful mathematical thinking and problem-solving. Yet, PBL as a pedagogy has seen varied levels of adoption in math ...

Problem-based learning (PBL) is approach to education focused on skills development (Savery, 2006). In an effort to understand PBL's potential as a pedagogy, the first part of this article briefly ...