Problem Based Learning (PBL) in programming

1. Obstacles

1.1. Creating a good problem that is everyday-based

1.2. Deciding how to group students

1.3. Assessing learners along the way

1.4. Learners usually have no prior programming skills

2. Teacher Role

2.1. Assist learners as they solve the problem

2.2. Help learners develop the programming skills necessary to solve the problem

3. Collaboration

3.1. Collaboration between learners: The learners will offer different strengths to the process of solving the problem.

3.2. Collaboration between learner and teacher: The teacher checks-in with the learner to ensure that the proper skills are demonstrated to make sure the learner produces a working programme.

4. Technical Support

4.1. Provided by the instructor when learners encounter problems

5. Strengths

5.1. Learners are motivated through the use of reinforcements

5.2. Learners are excited when they programming

6. Learner Engagement

6.1. Learners are highly engaged

6.2. Learning is relevant to the learner and they take ownership of their learning

7. Process Strategies

7.1. 1. Learners are presented with a problem

7.2. 2. Learners engage in coding to solve the problem.

7.3. 3. Learners need to integrate programming concepts to solve a problem

8. Lack of intervention tools

8.1. Assessment is usually done late in the Term