problem-based learning

 Anchored instruction is similar to case-based and problem-solving learning.  See this PDF for a full presentation which is found at:

* Learning is based, or anchored, on a realistic problem in an discipline or career such as:  saving or starting a small business,       caring for a wounded animal then releasing it back into its natural habitat,  Building or repairing a bridge or road, etc.

* The problem is based in a story and presented, preferably in video, to students. Videos are preferred so students can replay the video as often as necessary to retrieve the data necessary to solving the problem.   

* Stories are embedded; that is, they contain all the data required to solve the problem.  The scenarios are also "seeded"--i.e. contain key facts--the students need for solving.