%0 Journal Article %@ 0018-9359 %A Mitchell, J. %A Canavan, B. %A Smith, J. %D 2009 %F discovery:18701 %J IEEE Transactions on Education %K Communication engineering education, education, electrical engineering education, electronics engineering education, problem-solving %N 4 %P 587-594 %T Problem-based learning in communication systems: student perceptions and achievement %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/18701/ %V 53 %X The paper presents a curriculum design for, and subsequent evaluation of, a communications systems course using Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as the instructional methodology. It details the rationale for implementing PBL as well as reporting intended learning outcomes and assessing the students’ achievements. %Z ©2009 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.