Enhancing Complex Problem-Solving Skills in a Typical Classroom
Systematic Development using Cooperative-Based Learning
Complex problem solving has been identified as one of the important attributes among graduates in the 21st Century. The question remains on how to develop skills for solving real-world problems, especially in a typical classroom setting. A possible scaffolding for developing complex problem-solving skill is through Cooperative Problem Based Learning (CPBL). The CPBL framework, which is the integration of Cooperative Learning (CL) into the Problem Based Learning (PBL) cycle, has been shown to significantly enhance problem-solving skills in a medium size class of up to sixty students with one instructor acting as a floating facilitator.
Speaker // Khairiyah Mohd Yusof
Khairiyah Mohd Yusof is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the founding and current Director of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Centre for Engineering Education (CEE), which promotes scholarly and evidence-based practices in engineering education. She is the President of the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM). Through her leadership positions, she is able to promote the importance of engineering education among educators, institutions and organizations in Malaysia and in Asia. In addition to chairing regional engineering education conferences, she has collaborated with global partners to host conferences, such as the 2017 World Engineering Education Forum, the 2013 International Research Symposium on Problem Based Learning and the 2013 Research in Engineering Education Symposium. Khairiyah is actively involved in training and mentoring educators in institutions of higher learning throughout Malaysia and in various countries in Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America. For her contribution in engineering education, she received the 2018 Duncan Fraser IFEES Global Engineering Education Award.