Editing Problem-based learning (section)

=== Upholds lifelong learning ===

Problem-based learning gives emphasis to lifelong learning by developing in students the potential to determine their own goals, locate appropriate resources for learning and assume responsibility for what they need to know.<ref>{{cite book|title=Self-direction for lifelong learning: A comprehensive guide to theory and practice |last1=Candy|first1=P. C.|date=1991|publisher=Jossey-Bass|location=San Francisco}}</ref><ref>Candy PC. Self-direction for lifelong learning: a comprehensive guide to theory and practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.{{page needed|date=March 2019}}</ref> It also greatly helps them better long term knowledge retention.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Norman|first1=G.|last2=Schmidt|first2=H.|date=1992|title=The psychological basis of problem-based learning: A review of the evidence|journal=Academic Medicine|volume=67|issue=9|pages=557–565|doi=10.1097/00001888-199209000-00002|pmid=1520409|doi-access=free}}</ref>