The Effectiveness of PBL Problems from Students and Tutors Perspectives
Abstract: PBL problems are
used as a starting point to students in attaining learning objectives. Students
are expected to discuss the problems according the principles of collaborative
learning, constructive learning, contextual learning, and self-directed
learning. A continuous monitoring, evaluating, and improving the PBL problems
should be done systematically. Nevertheless, the problems are lacking
monitoring and evaluation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the
effectiveness of PBL problem by providing an evaluation tool. The evaluation
involved students and tutors.
Method: A survey by using questionnaire based on six factors of an
effective PBL problem was conducted to obtain students and tutors perception
towards the effectiveness of 6 PBL problems used in tutorial session. The
questionnaire for each scenario distributed to four randomly selected group
tutorials (total samples per scenario is 40 students and four tutors). The
perceptions were then analysed by using descriptive statistic. Four open ended
questions included in the questionnaire were used to get better understanding
and explanation of quantitative result.
Results: A total of 198 (82.5% response rate) students and 23 (95%
response rate) tutors filled the questionnaire. Students and tutors gave their
score for the overall quality of each PBL problems. Some differences among
students and tutors in rating the overall quality on each problem were found.
The strength and the weakness of each problem were also obtained from students’
and tutors’ rate for the six factors in the questionnaire. Each group of
participants had their own concern regarding the most important factor for an
effective PBL problem.
Conclusion: The result of this evaluation could reflect the effectiveness
of PBL problems in achieving students’ learning objectives from different
viewpoints: students and tutors. This valuable information can be used by
problem designers and their institutions to monitor and improve the quality of
PBL problems continuously.
Keywords: Evaluation, PBL, PBL
problem, tutor, student
Penulis: Savitri Shitarukmi
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd170008
