Before going further, we need to provide a concept for PBL. In a nutshell, PBL is an approach that involves no
teaching; students learn by solving problems that are carefully constructed by the teacher according to the course
syllabus assigned to them throughout the semester. The teacher facilitates the process by putting the students in
groups, scheduling presentations and preparing evaluation forms for the students to evaluate themselves and their
peers, in addition to teacher evaluation. In PBL, the problem comes first, and an essential element of PBL is that
content is introduced in the context of complex problems that imitate real life (Boud and Feletti, 1997). In
contrast, most traditional and current teaching approaches present concepts and rules first, usually in a lecture
format. This is the standard technique of teaching in most contemporary classrooms in Malaysia as teachers
adhere strongly to the priority of preparing learners for examinations.