Jul 09, 2008
News & Events
• Portuguese Version of BIE PBL Handbook Now Available
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• BIE Working With West Virginia Educators
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• BIE Sessions at AERA 2008 Annual Meeting
"Project Based Learning as a Catalyst in Reforming High Schools" and two other sessions
• BIE Presentation at EARLI 2007 Conference
"The effectiveness of problem based economics: A summary of two promising studies."
• New versions of Problem Based Economics Units Now Available
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• BIE Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of AERA
Presentation was titled "Assessing the Impact of Problem-Based Learning on College Student Understanding of Microeconomics Principles."
• BIE PBL Handbook Now Available in Chinese, Portuguese and Korean
Publishers in Taiwan, China, Brazil and Korea will print local versions of the BIE Project Based Learning Handbook in 2007.
• Education Week's on-line chat on PBL
Read a transcript of Education Week's on-line chat on PBL on February 22, 2006. Ben Daley and Theresa Gilly of High Tech High in San Diego answer many of the common questions about PBL.
• BIE Study Published in Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem Based Learning
The Effectiveness of Problem-Based Instruction: A Comparative Study of Instructional Methods and Student Characteristics
• BIE Session at 2006 NCEE Conference
Centers, College Instructors, High School Teachers Using Problem Based Economics Effectively
• BIE Technology Concept Paper featured at NTLS VIII
Paper is titled "Supporting change and scholarship through review of online resources in professional development settings."
• Marin County Teachers
Free enrollment to all workshops conducted at the Buck Institute for Education. Contact: Nancy Wright, nancy@bie.org. 415-883-0122, ext. 303.
• PBE and PBG Workshop in Orange County
July 13-15, 2006. Click for details.
