Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 9, Issue 2, Article 8 (Dec., 2008) Özlem KORAY, Arzu PRESLEY, Mustafa Serdar KÖKSAL & Muhammet ÖZDEMİR Enhancing problem-solving skills of pre-service elementary school teachers through problem-based learning Previous Contents Next

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The sample of this research consisted of 85 pre-service elementary school teachers in Ereğli Education Faculty in Zonguldak, Turkey. There were two classes involved in the study. One of these classes was randomly assigned as the experimental group and instructed by PBL, whereas the other group was assigned as the control group and instructed by traditionally designed instruction. The number of students in experimental and control groups were 41 and 44, respectively.