Students’ Motivation in The Process of Problem-Based Education in Chemistry and Environmental Sciences
Nikolay Sashkov Tsankov

Abstract
The search for new ways to improve the efficiency of learning, the interest in education and the motivation for studying is a major task modern education faces, which largely determines its quality. The improvement and development of modern education is also closely related with the selection of various approaches that facilitate personality development in all its aspects: social, psychological, emotional, intellectual, cognitive, and cultural. The design and organization of an educational environment which stimulates and promotes such development as well as the efficiency of learning is a major priority for high school education. The present research characterizes certain advantages of problem-based education, while the results presented allow for an adequate evaluation of this type of education as a possibility for the enhancement of the learning efficiency, motivation and interest in Chemistry and Environmental Sciences in high schools.

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