PBL-treated undergraduates produced more accurate problem solutions than non-PBL controls after one semester¶

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q2 i? After one semester of PBL treatment, the experimental group's post-test solution accuracy mean rank (35.50) was significantly higher than the control group's (15.50). → Z. Abdul Kadir 2016

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Z. Abdul Kadir 2016¶

Z. Abdul Kadir, N. H. Abdullah, E. Anthony, B. Mohd Salleh & R. Kamarulzaman. (2016). Does Problem-Based Learning Improve Problem Solving Skills?—A Study among Business Undergraduates at Malaysian Premier Technical University. International Education Studies, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v9n5p166

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Quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group pretest–posttest study of 50 first-year management undergraduates (25 per group) over 14 weeks. Mann-Whitney U test on post-test accuracy: "the mean rank was 35.50 compared to non-PBL group, 15.50"; the article reports p = 0.001 for accuracy.

"For the PBL group, the m ean rank was 35.50 compared to non-PBL group, 15.50. These results support the contention that there was improvement on problem solving skills in terms of accuracy after the students attended PBL treatments."

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