A Novel Approach of the Problem-Based Learning and its Outcomes at Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kanazawa University

Abstract

The activities of the problem-based learning (PBL) and their outcomes are reported here. Based on the reactions from students and faculty members to these educational programs, the advantages and improvements are also examined. A series of PBL subjects from 1st to 3rd grade-problem -research, problem-solving and problem-creation- are programmed according to the intelligibility and degree of advancement of students in mechanical engineering. This well-planed system makes it possible to obtain the substantial educational effects and to start smoothly the research for graduation thesis in the last 4th grade.