Education at current stage is about developing intelligence.Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University,one of theforemost psychologists,described intelligence as the ability to solve problems in one's particular context and culture.Many educa-tors support the need to develop the multiple intelligences,but few realize that one of the best ways to draw forth these intelligences is to make use of problem scenarios.Intelligence in the real world involves not only learning how to do things and actually doing them, but also the ability to deal with novelty as well as the capacity to adapt, select and shape our interactions with the environment (Sternberg,1985,1986,1990).Problem-based learning is about harnessing the kinds of intelligences needed in confronting real world challenges:the ability to deal with novelty and complexity (Tan,2000c).Therefore,problem-based learning is becoming one of a necessary approach in educators' mind and practical usage in daily teaching.
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