Educational research

In the last class Mr. Litman gave us as homework look for the term "Learning to learn"
in a new search page www.cuil.com. I got different web pages with this concept.
Finally I decided the following page http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d163.html
In this web page I found a work Prepared by: Karen Ngeow and Yoon-San Kong and it was called "Learning to Learn: Preparing Teachers and Students for Problem-Based Learning"

Problem-based learning (PBL) is an educational approach that challenges students to "learn to learn". Students work cooperatively in groups to seek solutions to real-world problems and more importantly, to develop skills to become self-directed learners. Here, the goal of problem-based learning is viewed as learning for capability rather than learning for the sake of acquiring knowledge. PBL is unique in its integral emphasis on core content along with problem solving (Gallagher, 1997). Within the context of reading in the PBL classroom, learning thus becomes much more than the process of mere knowledge seeking. Students develop critical thinking abilities by constantly relating what they read to what they want to do with the information. They question the writer's assumptions and analyze information presented, all within the context of finding answers to "What can I do with this information?" and "What does understanding this mean to me?" This digest discusses some of the challenges in learning that students face, and identifies web resources that teachers can use to support student learning.

So this research was really interesting. I got excellent information about how to use the PBL method in the classroom and also how to asses this method. This method will be very useful for me, because with it I can help my future student to learn by themselves and get involved with updated information taken from different sources and promote the critical thinking of them.