@inproceedings{5bc8b87b2a4b40aaa56cf7610c6ba9ac,
title = "Problem-based learning in upper division courses: Student successes, perceptions, and reactions",
abstract = "This paper presents an experiment in project/problem-based learning (PBL) in an upper division mathematical physics course. The group project in the course involved modeling a zombie outbreak of the type seen in AMC's The Walking Dead. Students researched, devised, and solved their mathematical models for the spread of a zombie-like infection. Students independently learned and utilized numerical methods to solve highly coupled systems of differential equations. This work explores student perceptions and reactions to problem-based learning, and the feasibility of using PBL as the sole pedagogy in upper division physics courses.",
author = "Gintaras Duda and James Ross",
year = "2012",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1063/1.3680025",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780735409903",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "183--186",
booktitle = "2011 Physics Education Research Conference",
note = "2011 Physics Education Research Conference ; Conference date: 03-08-2011 Through 04-08-2011",
}