UNA EXPERIENCIA DE APRENDIZAJE BASADO EN PROBLEMAS EN LAASIGNATURAMÉTODOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN.

The adaptation to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) will involve, among many other changes, the use of a methodology oriented to provide students with know-how skills. In Spain, this has to be implemented through new learning activities (i.e., practical exercises that mimic real situations) and new evaluation methods (based on continuous feedback) in an otherwise adverse environment because of the large number of students per classroom. In this paper, we report a five-year experience using this methodology in the subject Research Methods. Students were requested to carry out a small research project. In groups of five, they had to work through all the stages of an experimental research, from searching and picking out relevant information to writing the final report. This paper describes the key aspects to be considered before implementing an experience of this kind, the different stages of the study and finally some of the advantages and disadvantages of the approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]