Outcomes
Experimental Study of BIE Project Based Economics Units
A study, conducted by WestEd's Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West), addresses the following key research questions: Does PBE increase… more...
Study of Inquiry PBL and Reading Outcomes (Hong Kong)
This study of elementary students from the University of Hong Kong found that Inquiry project-based learning has positive effects on… more...
Evidence of PBL Effectiveness in Closing the Achievement Gap: Boaler (2002) Math Study
This remarkable article is full of insights about what it takes to make PBL and related reform practices work in… more...
Does PBL Work?
There is forty years of accumulated evidence that the instructional strategies and procedures that make up standards-focused Project Based Learning… more...
Meta-Analyses of PBL Outcomes
One type of PBL Outcomes research involves combining the results of many studies into one meta-analysis. The following articles from… more...
Expeditionary Learning Schools: Student Achievement Impacts
Expeditionary Learning Schools has worked in 144 schools in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in the… more...
Standardized Test Outcomes: Inquiry-Based Science
Findings demonstrate that a standards-based, inquiry science curriculum can lead to standardized achievement test gains in historically underserved urban students,… more...
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...
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...
Federally funded study provides evidence of PBL effectiveness in high school economics: Could PBL be
This paper discusses findings from the experimental study of BIE's Project Based Economics units, conducted with IES-funding, by WestEd's Regional… more...
