PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING COMBINED WITH COLLABORATIVE WORK, AN INTERMETHODOLOGICAL PROPOSAL

The main object of this paper is to show the experience that we have carried out at the School of Science and Technology of the University of the Bask Country (Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnolog a, Universidad del Pa s Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea). In this experiment we combine ProblemBased Learning and Collaborative Work. Specifically, we are going to explain our experience and the results obtained in the Chemical Engineering degree for two students groups, one who learns in Spanish and the other one who studies in Basque. We introduce the general characteristics of the subject where we have applied the methodology: how many credits it has; characteristics of the groups involved, etc. After this introduction we explain the methodology applied: how we connect the master classes with the collaborative work and the problem-based learning; which work has been carried out in the seminar sessions and in the practical sessions with the computers; which are the evaluation criteria, etc. In addition, we show some of the results comparing the marks obtained by the students in various courses; we examine the level of acceptance of the subject taking into account the number of students who have attend to the different test defined to evaluate their work. Finally we draw out some conclusions and future work.