1. An Explanation of The Socratic
Method
(Problem-Based Learning)
By
Melissa Winfield

2. What is Problem Based Learning?
Link to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8

3. PBL is defined as:
“A learning method based on using problems as a starting point for acquisition and
integration of new knowledge”
PBL involves giving students a well structured problem to work through (usually as a team
guided by a facilitator). B

4. The Process

6. Examples and Non-examples

7. Citations
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<http://www.uq.edu.au/hanginthere/selfDirect/selfDirect09.html>.
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problem-based-learning-approach-to-learning/>.
"Web Learning Remix." Web Learning Remix. Web. 22 Feb. 2012.
<http://jlcabello.posterous.com/problem-based-learning-guidelines>.