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	Every few months we spotlight a different topic. Explore the links we provide and send us feedback about your own experience with these topics. We'll list upcoming events of interest here too. Spotlight on Inquiry & Problem-Based Learning Solve a murder, clean up an environmental disaster, or see if you can afford that new red car in problem-based learning exercises. Tell us about your experiences creating and/or participating in inquiry-based learning What leads to success? What pitfalls await? Our e-mail address is reinvention@sunysb.edu What topics would you like to see spotlighted here? E-mail us at reinvention@sunysb.edu Do you have an event or call for papers or other news you'd like us to spotlight? Just send us the particulars at reinvention@sunysb.edu
	Spotlight on Inquiry & Problem-Based Learning
	Inquiry-based learning - or discovery or problem-based learning - allows students to apply their knowledge of chemistry, calculus, biology, and other academic subjects to real-world problems. It's similar to the case method taught in business, law, and medical schools. Problems are often drawn from actual events and can be geared to any level from introductory to advanced. The sites below offer lots of examples of inquiry-based learning. Test your knowledge and look around! University of Delaware PBL: Problem-Based Learning http://www.udel.edu/pbl/ SUNY Buffalo Case Studies in Science http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html University of Texas at Austin Discovery Learning Project http://www.discovery.utexas.edu Creative Learning Solutions, Inc., founded by a Delaware professor, offers workshops in problem-based learning to a variety of clients. Contact: Sheella Mierson, Ph.D. 109 Chapel Hill Drive, Newark, Delaware 19711, USA voice (302) 738-4173, fax (302) 738-5667 CreativeLearning@mindspring.com For an example of PBL at professional schools see "Cornell's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine is Problem-Based Learning." Pre-Veterinary Newsletter. Online. http://www.vet.cornell.edu/admissions/March99news.htm RC Home \| Contact us \| Join our network \| SUNY Stony Brook Back to top