@article{mennin_small-group_2007, title = {Small-group problem-based learning as a complex adaptive system}, volume = {23}, issn = {0742051X}, url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0742051X06002150}, doi = {10.1016/j.tate.2006.12.016}, abstract = {Small-group problem-based learning (PBL) is widely embraced as a method of study in health professions schools and at many different levels of education. Complexity science provides a different lens with which to view and understand the application of this method. It presents new concepts and vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to practitioners of small-group PBL and other educational methods. This article looks at small-group PBL from the perspective of complex adaptive systems (CAS). It begins with a brief review of the current understanding and practice of PBL. Next some of the characteristics of CAS are reviewed using examples from small-group PBL to illustrate how these characteristics are expressed in that context. The principles and the educational theory in which small-group PBL are embedded are related to CAS. Implications for health professions education are discussed.}, language = {en}, number = {3}, urldate = {2021-01-06}, journal = {Teaching and Teacher Education}, author = {Mennin, Stewart}, month = apr, year = {2007}, note = {KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.12.016 2339240:6J33JNEG 2339240:KJUSTUD8 2405685:DNHIV4ZM 2405685:X6ZBQLYW}, pages = {303--313}, }