Research
Studies Validate Project-Based Learning
This web page created by Edutopia staff in 2001 defined PBL as "an authentic form of education that expects students… more...
Understanding Projects in Project-based Learning: A Student’s Perspective
This article shares the perspective of five students who completed an 8th grade geography project that focused on investigating civil… more...
Project-based Learning for the 21st Century: Skills for the Future
There is growing interest in using PBL to teach 21st century skills. This article reviews evidence and strategies for… more...
Challenge Based Learning (from the Apple Learning Interchange)
The research report from the New Media Consortium is available as a PDF file. This study asked teachers and students… more...
National Survey of PBL and High School Reform
Collected articles from BIE's 2007 national survey, with data from approximately 400 academic high school teachers who used PBL in… more...
Pervasive management of project based learning
This chapter in the Handbook for Classroom Management discusses how to plan projects and guide students effectively through the project… more...
Assessing the impact of online technologies on PBL use in US high schools
This paper summarizes attempts to understand how PBL is being supported by online technologies. Findings are based on BIE's National… more...
Beyond changing culture in small high schools: Reform models and PBL
The following article appeared in a special issue of the Peabody Journal of Education on “Transforming the American High School:… more...
Inclusion and Problem-Based Learning: Roles of Students in a Mixed-Ability Group
Mainstreaming is placing increasing numbers of students with special needs in general education classrooms. This case study examined how members… more...
Managing Project Based Learning: Principles from the Field
This investigation sought to describe the classroom management techniques used by teachers who were expert in the use of project… more...
