Problem-based Learning among Students with Special Needs

In this project I examine the use of problem-based learning in self-contained special education classrooms and incusion classrooms at the middle school level.

Sample publications

Belland, B. R., Glazewski, K. D., & Ertmer, P. A. (2009). Inclusion and problem-based learning: Roles of students in a mixed-ability group. Research on Middle Level Education, 32(9). Available online: http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/RMLEOnline/Articles/Vol32No9/tabid/1948/Default.aspx (winning paper of the 2007 AERA SIG-PBL Student Researcher Award)

Belland, B. R., Ertmer, P. A., & Simons, K. D. (2006). Perceptions of the value of problem-based learning among students with special needs and their teachers. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 1(2), 1-18. Available online: http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/vol1/iss2/3/

Simons, K. D., Ertmer, P., Belland, B., Blackman, J., Lee, M., Ottenbreit, A., & Park, S. H. (2005). Middle school students in technology-enhanced problem based learning: Experiences of high and low self-directed students. In C. Crawford (Ed.), Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference Annual (pp. 1029-1032). Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Sample presentations 

Belland, B. R., Simons, K. D., & Ertmer, P. A. (2007, April). Inclusion and Problem-based Learning: Roles of Students in Mixed-ability Groups. Paper presented at the 2007 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.