case method
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Also called case-study method. the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
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AI isn’t the first technology to transform the case method.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
The case method offers historical distance—a safe way to practice political conversation without politicising the classroom.
From Economist ● Jul. 5, 2017
He acknowledges, however, that the case method is not a good fit for everyone's learning style and that lectures may be a better way to learn about abstract concepts.
From US News ● Sep. 19, 2016
Prior to 1890, no other law school used the case method of instruction that he pioneered; today it’s pervasive.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2013
The work was done by the case method and the homes of the children were visited.
From Wage Earning and Education by Rufus Rolla Lutz
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