Problem-based case-based (PBCB) learning is an approach that requires students to be actively engaged in their own learning process by remembering, creating, critiquing and producing meaningful outcomes of what they know and are able to do. The PBCB approach is structured around the Learning Cycle and built upon the basic principles of How People Learn (Bransford). These principles are: (1) people have preconceptions about how the world works; (2) competence is developed by having a deep foundation of factual knowledge set in context and organized in ways that facilitate retrieval and application; and (3) metacognition is critical to the process as learners develop reflective practices to take control of their own learning by defining goals and monitoring their progress. MORE....
Case Files has identified three categories of PBCB learning. Click here to read about these categories.