Elementary school students in Illinois whose teachers used a project-based-learning curriculum had stronger scores on a math test that measured problem solving than their peers from more-traditional ...

Vol. 14, No. 2, Symposium: Third-Party Government, Service Learning, and Civic Engagement in the Public Affairs Curriculum (Summer, 2008), pp. 253-270 (18 pages) Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd.

PubMed, ERIC and PsycLIT. The database search was supplemented with manual search of the electronic archives of the following journals: Academic Medicine, Medical Education, Teaching and Learning in ...

David Hutchins is vice president of higher education and K–12 education for CDW•G, a leading technology provider to government and education. We’ve heard the theory time and again: Decide the task ...

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The implementation of North Carolina’s new K–8 Mathematics Standards and the move to a problem-based approach in the classroom require a significant change in practice ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a continuing series on the practical takeaways from research. Over the past year, students have had to learn a lot about a phenomenon that has dominated their lives: the ...

Imagine you are a mountaineer. Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on ...

PHILADELPHIA — In a city that’s struggled to meet the educational needs of many of its children, especially its most vulnerable ones, a select group of district high schools is shunning the ...

Education experts are encouraging schools to consider problem-based learning (PBL) in a move to improve engagement and creativity among high school students. New research demonstrates how hands-on, ...

What districts can do to overcome status-quo bias and get teachers to open boxes of new materials & access new digital tools.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The well-being of modern economies and societies is increasingly requiring citizens to possess capabilities in integrating knowledge and ...

Kara Smith and Amy Snyder listen in as Smith uses a program to watch a man cook live from Scotland. Jeanie Groh/Salisbury Post The Rowan-Salisbury School System is in the business of change these days ...