PBL Terms - Exam Questions and Correct Answers

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PBL Terms - Exam Questions and
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Question: First Canadian Nursing School
Answer: Mack School of Nursing (St. Catharines Training School, opened
in 1874 at the St. Catharines General and Marine Hospital)


Question: Concept Map
Answer: organize info, contains links, cluster data
- Visually demonstrates relationships between data
- A teaching and learning strategy recently added to the nursing discipline
- Guides critical thinking to allow logical flow of thought and planning. The
foundation of concept mapping and its use in identification of key
problems or concepts are supported in the literature from various
disciplines.


Question: Feedback
Answer: response to our actions, evaluation or appraisal
- The difference between what a student has learned—i.e., the academic
progress he or she has made—and what the student was expected to
learn at a certain point in his or her education, such as a particular age or
grade level.


Question: Inquiry
Answer: seeking info, inquiry-based learning includes questioning and
stimulates learners' curiosity to explore and gain knowledge (applying
knowledge is not emphasized)


Question: Identifying Learning Gaps
Answer: identifying the difference between what a student learned and
what they were expected to learn at a particular age/grade.




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Question: Learning Goal
Answer: students identify their learning needs to understand the problem
and apply info to the problem and learn from their group
• Goal of learning is NOT to solve the presented problem


Question: Learning Questions
Answer: questions that cannot be answered with current knowledge


Question: Lifelong Learning
Answer: - learning throughout life
- diverse, flexible, promotes learning at diff places and beyond traditional
schooling
• enhances social inclusion, active citizenship, and personal development,
self-sustainability, and competitiveness and employability.


Question: Narrative (medicine)
Answer: wholesome medical approach that recognizes the values of
patients' narratives in clinical practices, research and education as a way
to promote healing


Question: Person-Based Learning (Problem-Based Approach)
Answer: - learner is presented with a person's narrative or a story as a
starting point for the identification of learning needs, where appropriate,
is the preferred method of facilitating knowledge acquisition.


Question: Person Based Learning (PBL)
Answer: tutor and student roles
- Begins with a person's story narrative or subjective experience called a
care scenario
- Discussion and learning center around the person's experience and
health care
- Student centered approach to learning
- Small groups of 6-12 members to allow collaboration and students learn
from each other and learn communication techniques


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- Critical thinking and reflection to evaluate on learning strategies and
resources


Question: Problem Based Learning (PBL)
Answer: - Places students in small groups to solve clinical problems and
to collaboratively and independently learn how to care for patients
- the learning that results from the process of working towards the
understanding of, or resolution of, a problem
- presents a health care issue


Question: (SDL) Self-Directed Learning
Answer: process in which individuals take the initiative, with or without
the help of others, in diagnosing their learning needs, formulating
learning goals, identifying human and material resources for learning,
choosing and implementing appropriate learning strategies, and
evaluating learning outcomes (Knowles, 1975)
- Students identify and use learning resources and evaluate learning
outcomes
- Students are given choice within curriculum boundaries
Challenges in becoming a self-directed learner
- One may feel mistrust, suspicious, anxiety, confusion, and frustrated at
first, when forced to make decisions and how they will take on learning //
tutors must adopt a strong facilitative role. But then, students eventually
trust their own abilities
- Will feel feelings of uncertainty and feelings of confidence


Question: Small Group Learning
Answer: may or may not be case-based // collective resources of groups
enhances individual's learning
- Thus, high level group functioning is key to success
- Tutor plays crucial role helping the group set norms, ensure dynamics


Question: Student Centeredness
Answer: refers to a wide variety of educational programs, learning
experiences, instructional approaches, and academic-support strategies


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that are intended to address the distinct learning needs, interests,
aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual students and groups of
students.


Question: Tutor
Answer: - facilitates and supports the learning process
- key attributes: enthusiasm, patience, involvement, coaching
- balance of content and group process skills
- trust the process
- know how and when to intervene
- flexible and adaptable
- be a role model


Question: Steps of the PBL process
Answer: - The problem is presented to the group, terms are reviewed,
and hypotheses generated.
- Learning issues and information sources are identified by group
members.
- Information gathering and independent study occurs.
- The knowledge acquired during independent study is discussed and
debated critically.
- Knowledge is applied to the problem in a practical way and the initial
hypotheses are confirmed or - Reflection on the content and process of
learning occurs.


Question: Narrative Medicine
Answer: enables the physician to practice medicine with empathy,
reflection, professionalism, and trustworthiness; putting literature with
medicine


Question: Group Norms
Answer: Influence group's success, express group values, helps group
function smoothly and survive




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