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Problem Library: 118
Title | Excerpt | Author | Discipline | Length | Level |
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“A Poem has a Life before it Gets into my Anthology?”: Manuscript Editing and Problem-Based Learning | Where does the poem you read in an anthology originate? Is the copy in your anthology a good copy of that original? You . . . | McKenna, Bernard | English | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
A Bad Day for Sandy Dayton | Designed to help nonscience majors understand forces, motion, and mechanical energy while reconstructing a rear-end auto . . . | Duch, Barbara | Physics and Astronomy | 6+ Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
A Case for Classics | Students who are not necessarily English majors but take sophomore level literature courses as an elective or a general . . . | Kumar, Rita | English | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (non-majors) |
A Day in the Life of a World-Wide Intern | There is a major crisis in the Force, and your students have now been called into active duty to serve as interns in the . . . | Vadino, Nicole | Sociology | 3-6 hours | Introductory |
A Day in the Life of John Henry, Traffic Cop | This problem introduces students to conservation of momentum while working through a two-dimensional automobile . . . | Duch, Barbara | Physics and Astronomy | 6+ Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
A Letter from Dalton | In this problem students must analyze mass data to test a hypothesis proposed by Dalton as a consequence of his . . . | Groh, Susan | Chemistry | 1 Hour or Less | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
A Missed Diagnosis | “Susan presents herself to her family physician for a routine physical. During the physical examination Susan explains . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
A Pain in the Belly | This problem aids students in the development of their three-dimensional understanding of abdominal anatomy, with . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Alleviating the AIDS Crisis in South Africa | South Africa, along with several other Southern African countries, has among the highest HIV infection rates in the . . . | Bauer, Gretchen | Political Science | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Are You Sure I’ve Seen You Before? | “Rachel is a 37-year-old female who works as an administrative assistant for a Fortune-500 company in downtown Chicago. . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Advanced (majors) |
Hosting an Exchange Student | Culture and cultural understanding are crucial components of learning foreign languages. Due to classroom time . . . | Fees, Joseph | Foreign Languages | 3-6 hours | Any |
An Experiment in Using Plants to Get the Lead out | Phytoremediation is a technology for removing soil and groundwater contamination using plants. In this two-part problem . . . | Homan, Michelle | Environmental Science, Research Design | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors) |
DNA for Dinner | The use of bioengineered food in quick service restaurants is controversial. Some stakeholders believe genetic . . . | Lieux, Elizabeth | Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Faculty Development, Multidisciplinary, Nutrition | 3-6 hours | Introductory (variety of audiences) |
“How Will I Know if My Students Learned What They’re Supposed to?” – Curriculum Evaluation in the NCLB Era | In this problem designed for teacher education majors, students evaluate science curricula for (1) their coverage of . . . | Ford, Danielle | Education | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
An Electric Idea | In this problem, students learn to describe the processes occurring in a classic metal displacement type redox reaction, . . . | Lawrie, Ruth | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (high school or college) |
An Unwanted Souvenir | “Ralph is a young botany professor of Swedish heritage at a Midwestern liberal arts college. Ralph, who was born in the . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Athletics Problem | The Athletics Problem is one that asks students to engage in computing a correlation while simultaneously looking at . . . | Chamberlin, Scott | Statistics | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (middle grade, gifted students) |
Blankley Corporation: Pension Accounting | Having worked through the nine phases of the Blankley Corporation unfolding problem, students will be able to understand . . . | Cottell, Philip | Accounting | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Carbohydrate Mythology | Dylan has always struggled with his weight and has been told by his doctor that he needs to lose weight. A month ago . . . | Benoit, Lindsay | Nutrition and Dietetics | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Cebu and Woodard Leases – A PBL Unfolding Problem | Having worked through the eight phases of the Cebu and Woodward unfolding PBL problem, students will be able to . . . | Cottell, Philip | Accounting | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Challenges to Sustainability in the Developing World: Private Choices and Social Implications of Cotton Production in India | This problem examines the challenges of achieving sustainable development in a world of unintended consequences with a . . . | Duke, Joshua | Environmental Science | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Cholera and the Science of Medicine | Students explore the essential nature of science processes of evidence, explanation, prediction, experimentation, and . . . | Donham, Richard | Science Education | 3-6 hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Choosing a Teaching Text: James Joyce’s Ulysses | A major challenge for an instructor involves choosing the best available critical edition of a text for a class. . . . | McKenna, Bernard | English | 6+ Hours | Advanced (majors) |
Choosing Books to Support Elementary Girls’ Science Learning | In this problem designed for teacher education majors, students prepare a grant proposal to obtain trade books for . . . | Ford, Danielle | Education | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Cognitive Neuroscience Case Creation | This “build a case” problem provides students with the opportunity to create their own case study from the ground up. . . . | Miller, Antoinette | Psychology | 6+ Hours | Advanced (majors) |
Collaborating to Determine and Meet Student Needs | Teacher candidates work in small groups for these assignments. Each group is assigned an initial student scenario. . . . | Hoyle, Carol | Education | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Crossed Circuits | Two roommates argue about each others use of energy. Which roommate should pay a utility premium? How much extra? | Watson, George | Physics and Astronomy | 1 Hour or Less | Introductory (non-majors) |
Daddy, Help! I Can’t Get out of the Pool! | Tammy, a 10 year-old girl, is normally active for her age, participating in her local soccer club (playing goalie) and . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Dawn Treader Industries: Long-Term Construction Contracts | Having worked through the seven stages of the Dawn Treader Industries unfolding problem, students will be able to . . . | Cottell, Philip | Accounting | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Dawn’s Eight O’clock | Absenteeism and tardiness can disrupt group function in PBL groups. This short text case with accompanying video . . . | Harold White | Problem-based Learning | 1 Hour or Less | Introductory (workshop participants) |
Deflating Grady | Grade inflation poses a problem on many campuses and is an issue familiar to faculty regardless of their discipline. . . . | White, Harold | Faculty Development | 3-6 hours | Introductory (workshop participants) |
Doc, is it my heart? | A 52-year-old black man presents to the emergency room with chest pains. The patient is agitated and apprehensive. He . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (non-majors) |
Does Anyone Know What’s Wrong with Me? | “Molly is a nineteen-year-old, multiple-time All-American pole-vaulter on her college’s track team. During the summer, . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Emotion and Memory: Bright Lights through Thick Fog | Students in introductory psychology courses must gain experience with the professional literature and the methods of . . . | Benander, Ruth | Psychology | 3-6 hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Examining & Practicing Genre & Rhetoric: Problem One–Joining the Global Union | This first problem of three sets up simulations of real-world scenarios and then asks students to think and write about . . . | Skutar, Claudia | Composition and Rhetoric | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (non-majors) |
Examining & Practicing Genre & Rhetoric: Problem Three–Global Economic Conference | This is the third problem in a set of three. The first, by Claudia Skutar, involves students in developing a founding . . . | Refaei, Brenda | Composition and Rhetoric | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (non-majors) |
Examining & Practicing Genre & Rhetoric: Problem Two–National Citizens Forum | This is the second problem in a set of three that sets up simulations of real-world scenarios and then asks students to . . . | Kumar, Rita | Composition and Rhetoric | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (non-majors) |
Externalities and Managing a Common Property Resource | One difficulty in controlling pollution is that individuals and firms acting in their own best interest may produce . . . | Duke, Joshua | Food and Resource Economics | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Failed Scones | A request for help comes from a mother trying to solve her daughter’s baking dilemma—flopped scones. In providing this . . . | Gross, Sandra | Nutrition and Dietetics | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Female Circumcision: The Flight of Kasinga | Female circumcision, or female genital mutilation, affects thousands of young girls and women in more than 30 countries . . . | Webber, Karen | Psychology, Women’s Studies | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Fifty Miles for My Fiftieth Birthday | Lincoln is a 50-year old runner who, over the past five years, has completed five one-half marathons and four marathons. . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Fire Chicken | “Choi In Sung, 32-year-old male of Asian descent, presents to his family physician to seek treatment for chest pains. . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Friend, Can You Spare a Kidney for Our Son Levon? | The issue of the shortage of transplantable kidneys is of growing significance and concern worldwide. In this multipart . . . | Bieker, Richard | Economics | 6+ Hours | Introductory (majors) |
Gearding Construction Company: Accounting for Derivatives – Interest Rate Swaps | Students who have completed the six stages of the Gearding Construction Company PBL unfolding problem will have learned . . . | Cottell, Philip | Accounting | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Granny’s Hip | “You stop over to visit your grandmother for your weekly visit to set out her medications for the coming week. As you . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Green’s Invasive Plant Dilemma | This problem is about a state representative who becomes aware of invasive plants in his own garden. He discovers the . . . | Barton, Susan | Plant and Soil Sciences | 3-6 hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Guide Map | How do you make a map useful to a blind person? In this problem, students first decide what needs to be included on a . . . | Price, Alan Paul | Geography | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Harry Potter and the Walkabout | “Most first year students are unfamiliar with all the opportunities and facilities that are available to them on a . . . | Ross, Dorry | English | 6+ Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Harvest Time Danger | Tom, a 36-year-old, right hand dominant male farmer, is involved in a farming accident that involves his right upper . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 6+ Hours | Advanced (majors) |
Homecoming Surprise | This problem enables students to examine the results of soft-tissue injuries stemming from hyperflexion of the vertebral . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
I Gotta Get These Cross Countries Done! | The purpose of this Problem Based Learning exercise is to deepen the participants’ understanding of the weather and . . . | Robinson, Saul | Aviation Science | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Internet-Certified Genius | Internet-based quizzes that purport to provide quick, valid IQ scores are quite popular and most students have either . . . | Karpiak, Christie | Psychology | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors) |
Partnership Formation: Urban Decay | This problem is based upon the California court case: Holmes v. Lerner, 74 Cal.App.4th 442, 88 Cal.Rptr.2d 130 (1 . . . | Ninassi, Susanne | Business Administration | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
The Carlsons’ Dilemma | This problem provides a setting in which students will be able to learn about capital budgeting concepts in a typical . . . | Narayanaswamy, Canchepuram | Finance | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors) |
To Resuscitate or Not to Resuscitate? | Patient rights are a basic value in healthcare. Adult patients of sound mind must be informed of their medical . . . | Polich, Susan | Medical Education | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors) |
Vehicle Fatalities in Delaware | This week-long, group-based activity explores policy-relevant information on vehicle fatalities in the state of . . . | Sarzynski, Andrea | Public Policy | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Protecting/Stealing the Trillion-Dollar Bill | This problem encourages students to investigate sensor integration as part of a mechatronics course in mechanical . . . | Mynderse, James | Mechanical Engineering | 6+ Hours | Advanced (majors) |
Simple Staged Problem for Introduction of PBL Process | “For faculty development sessions there is often a need for a simple, staged problem that does not require investigation . . . | Watson, George | Faculty Development | 1 Hour or Less | Introductory (professors and teachers) |
The Brominator | In this problem, students: learn to predict formulas for the products of “metal + nonmetal” reactions using the periodic . . . | Groh, Susan | Chemistry | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (science majors) |
Winter Woes | A series of events on a cold winter’s day are used to introduce various concepts associated with solutions, including . . . | Groh, Susan | Chemistry | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Will I Ever Be Able to Run Again, Doc? | Bob is a 53-year-old college professor. He is a regular runner, averaging between 25-35 miles per week. During the . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Advanced (majors) |
Is My Pitching Career Over? | “Tom, a 53-year-old, right hand-dominant male plays on a traveling “exhibition” fast-pitch softball team. He has been a . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Advanced (majors) |
Why Am I Getting More Clumsy, Doc? | “Marshall, a 62-year-old attorney, presented to his family physician with questions as to why he was shuffling a little . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Advanced (majors) |
Who Owns the Geritol Solution? | The Geritol solution is based on the premise that iron availability limits primary productivity in the high-nutrient, . . . | Allen, Deborah | Biological Sciences | 6+ Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Where is That Long-Term Debt Program for Big Moo? | With this long-term debt problem, students will identify the types of evidence that they need and where they can get . . . | Hansen, James | Accounting | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
What Is Wrong with My Child, Doc? | “Tommy, a robust seven-year-old second grader is brought to the Emergency Room after experiencing a seizure on the . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Advanced (majors) |
What Is the Cause of This Swelling and Why Am I Short of Breath When I Exercise? | “Joan is a corporate lawyer for a Fortune-500 company. She has been physically active her entire life. Lately Joan has . . . |
Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
What Did You Say, Doc? | John Angleman, a 41-year-old machinist, complains of difficulty hearing in the right ear. In addition, his gait has been . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
What a Drag! | Students explore the effects of air resistance on the path of a baseball. Forces acting on a baseball are identified and . . . | Nowak, Edmund | Physics and Astronomy | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors) |
Watson Enterprises: Accounting for Marketable Equity Securities | Watson Enterprises is a Problem-Based Learning unfolding problem designed to engage the students with the topic of . . . | Cottell, Philip | Accounting | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Vance Corporation: Cash Flow Statement | Having completed the four phases of the Vance Corporation PBL unfolding problem, students will be able to prepare a . . . | Cottell, Philip | Accounting | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Uff Da–Why Does This Hurt, Doc? | “Lars Johnson is a fledgling actor in L.A. California. He has just recently auditioned for a major part in a new . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Ubbes Company: Earnings Per Share | Having worked through the six phases of the Ubbes Company unfolding PBL problem, students will have learned the . . . | Cottell, Philip | Accounting | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Tracy Lynn’s “Yellow Banana” | This problem is based on an actual car accident with the names changed to protect privacy. The streets in the accident . . . | Duch, Barbara | Physics and Astronomy | 3-6 hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
To Lease or to Buy? | The problem focuses on whether leasing or buying an asset is less expensive. The problem provides a setting in which . . . | Narayanaswamy, Canchepuram | Finance | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
The Woozy Smoker | “David, a 76-year-old male with a history of heavy cigarette smoking has developed a progressive gait disorder. He . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Advanced (majors) |
The Sweet Spot | A frightening incident of a high school baseball pitcher being struck in the temple by a ball sets the context of this . . . | Nowak, Edmund | Physics and Astronomy | 3-6 hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
The Road to Rockingham | Elliott is a regional stock car racer that is hoping to make it to the Busch Racing Series and, ultimately, the NASCAR . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
The Restless Baby | “This problem helps a student develop a three-dimensional understanding of the anatomy of the pleural cavities by . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | |
The Good Life | This two- to four-week problem asks students to consider the hypothesis that “money makes people happy.” Students . . . | Morling, Beth | Psychology | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors) |
The First Thanksgiving | Using the traditional American Thanksgiving holiday, students explore food laws and standards relating to the purchase . . . | Manning, Carolyn | Nutrition and Dietetics | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors) |
The Fastest Man in the World | This problem introduces students to speed and acceleration. | Duch, Barbara | Physics and Astronomy | 3-6 hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
The Disgruntled Baseball Fan | This problem provides an engaging introduction to descriptive statistics for students in the social and behavioral . . . | Karpiak, Christie | Psychology | 3-6 hours | Introductory (majors) |
The Complaining Postal Carrier | This PBL follows a patient through two visits to the outpatient department of a rural hospital. The problem presents . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | |
The Complaining Husband | George, a 46-year-old presents to his family physician complaining of increased clumsiness. As the students progress . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Advanced (majors) |
Terror in the Toilet Bowl | Part 1 of the problem provides students with an opportunity (1) to learn how to derive the rate law of a mechanism from . . . | Groh, Susan | Chemistry | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Teetering on the Brink of Extinction? (Or Is It Too Late?) | The Florida panther is an endangered subspecies of puma (Felis concolor coryi). Within the context of problems posed by . . . | Donham, Richard | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Teaching Exceptional Adolescents | “Students who have special education needs spend much of their instructional time in general education classrooms. . . . | Eisenman, Laura | Education | 6+ Hours | Introductory (majors) |
Taste Sensations | Students become part of a business that prepares and sells flavored vinegars, infused oils, flavored pestos, and other . . . | Gross, Sandra | Nutrition and Dietetics | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Student Affairs Identity Crisis | The course is designed for doctoral level students in the Educational Leadership program. Through a full semester . . . | Tweedy, James | Education | 3-6 hours | Advanced (majors) |
Street Fight | Rick, a high school student, is involved in a fight in which he and two other classmates “jump” a fourth classmate . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Stormy Weather | “Where will it rain? Where will it clear up? And what will the weather be like where you are? Students will not only . . . | Price, Alan Paul | Geography | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Spring Break: A Lesson in Circuits | This case, taught in a problem-based learning format, introduces students to the topics of electricity and circuits . . . | Duch, Barbara | Physics and Astronomy | 6+ Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Something Is Horribly Wrong, Doc, and I Am Embarrassed to Talk About It | Brian is a 27-year-old-male graduate student that was injured in a rugby game approximately ten days ago. He has a . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Solving Economic Underdevelopment in the Third World | You have been elected to office because you promised to solve once and for all the problem of underdevelopment in your . . . | Carrion, Julio | Political Science | 6+ Hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Share and Share Alike | This problem addresses the use of the Colorado River by various stakeholders competing for a limited amount of water. As . . . | Groh, Susan | Faculty Development | 3-6 hours | Introductory |
Saving for a Rainy Day | A request for help comes in from a scientifically-illiterate relative trying to choose a system for passive solar energy . . . | Groh, Susan | Chemistry | 1 Hour or Less | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Roots: Exploring our Distant Ancestry | While most students take a position for or against evolution, few actually understand the concept of natural selection . . . | White, Harold | Biological Sciences | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors) |
Riverside’s Dilemma | A town council is faced with some decisions to make centering on allowable pH limits for anticipated waste streams going . . . | Groh, Susan | Chemistry | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Rice-a-Roni: A San Franciso Treat | Students design the electric wiring portion of a home remodeling project. Appliance power ratings, distribution of . . . | Watson, George | Physics and Astronomy | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Responding to Economic Crisis in Africa | This problem deals with the economic crisis currently plaguing many countries in Africa. Students explore the challenges . . . | Bauer, Gretchen | Political Science | 6+ Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Please Don’t Tell My Parents | A seventeen-year-old female presents to her local hospital’s E.R. at 7:45 in the morning on a school day. She appears . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Pass the Buffer-in | A student needing to prepare a pH 7.5 buffer must decide whether an unlabeled recipe will do the job. | Groh, Susan | Chemistry | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Painting the Blues | The synthesis and composition of several blue pigments provide a context for exploring key ideas in stoichiometric . . . | Groh, Susan | Chemistry | 1 Hour or Less | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Out of Control | The population of Lesser Snow Geese is growing exponentially in the US and Canada. Growth curves, survivorship curves, . . . | Dion, Linda | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Introductory (majors) |
Organic Mystery | In this problem, students learn to identify functional groups in organic molecules, learn to represent organic molecules . . . | Lawrie, Ruth | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors) |
Ohio Energy Company: Accounting for Joint Ventures | Having worked through the Ohio Energy Company unfolding problem, students will understand the equity method at a level . . . | Cottell, Philip | Accounting | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
National Film Preservation Problem | One problem students face when it comes to the moving image film or television is the tendency to see those images as . . . | Johnson, Bryan | English | 3-6 hours | Advanced (majors) |
My Aching Back | Frank, a 39-year-old college professor, was putting dishes into his dishwasher at the end of the day when he felt a . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Mixing Carefully: “Scientific” Jello Preparation | Introductory, non-major laboratory courses are perfectly suited to a PBL approach. In these courses, the main objective . . . | Fornari, Marco | Physics and Astronomy | 6+ Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Kids, Chemicals, and Cancer | The problem scenario: A child in Toms River, NJ develops leukemia. Citizens in the town begin to notice what seems to be . . . | Allen, Deborah | Environmental Science | 3-6 hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Job, Jobs, Jobs and Tax Cuts | From late 2000 to May 2003m the US economy lost almost three million jobs. The unemployment rate that May was six . . . | Long, Terry | Economics | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (non-majors) |
Jenna’s Wish for Breast Implants | 15-year old Jenna believes that breast implants are the secret to a successful future. She has asked, and her parents . . . | Webber, Karen | Psychology, Women’s Studies | 1-3 Hours | Intermediate (majors) |
It Must Be a Bad Year for My Allergies | “It is an idyllic March day on the Midwestern university campus as Dr. Bob Johnston walks to his 8:00 philosophy lecture . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Is This Normal for Someone My Age? | Eleanor, an 88-year-old widow and mother of two, visits RediMed late on a Sunday afternoon. Her chief complaint to the . . . | Tallitsch, Robert | Biological Sciences | 3-6 hours | Intermediate (majors) |
Cookie Chemistry! | The PBL (Problem Based Learning) Cookie Chemistry activity was designed for the first two class periods of General . . . | Amy Greene | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 1-3 Hours | Introductory (majors and non-majors) |
Collaboration Dilemma: Publish or Perish? | The purpose of this problem series is to design a creative low-stakes active learning module within an introductory . . . | Shanen M. Sherrer | Chemistry and Biochemistry, Research Design | 1 Hour or Less | Intermediate (majors and non-majors) |
Will I Drive Again? Improving Accessibility after Stroke | Rebecca Smith suffered an ischemic stroke that resulted in weakness and decreased sensation of the right upper . . . | Brittany Heintz Walters, PhD | Kinesiology | 3-6 hours | Introductory |