Outcomes
Effectiveness of Problem-Based Instruction: A Comparative Study of Instruction and Students
This study examined the potential differences between Problem Based Learning (PBL) and traditional instructional approaches in building high school students'… more...
Measuring opportunity to learn in PBS: Predicting urban middle school students’ achievement
This poster presents findings from a 7 year collaboration between University of Michigan and Detroit Public Schools. It presents findings… more...
What’s School Got To Do With It? Cautionary Tales About Correlating Computer Use and Achievement
This paper explores questions about whether there is a positive or negative relationship between student computer use and achievement, and… more...
Problem Based Learning in College Economics
This article assesses the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) in four sections of microeconomics course in a large, urban, public… more...
Evaluating Implementation and Impacts of Problem Based Economics in U.S. High Schools (2005)
Ravitz, J. & Mergendoller, J. (2005). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal, Canada.… more...
Korean study: Comparing Problem-based Learning with Traditional Instruction: High School Economics
Professors of Social Studies Education at Seoul National University, Korea, translated President's Dilemma from BIE's Project Based Economics curriculum into… more...
Comparing Problem-based Learning with Traditional Instruction: Focus on High School Economics (2003)
(in Korean) Mo, K., & Choi, Y. (2003). Comparing problem-based learning with traditional instruction: Focus on high school economics. Theory… more...
Opportunity One: Technology Initiative Evaluation for the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation
In making investments in Idaho through the Opportunity I initiative, the J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation has acknowledged the hopeful… more...
Evaluating Implementation and Impacts of Problem Based Economics (2005)
This paper presents a year long study involving Economics teachers in public U.S. high schools. These teachers implemented units from… more...
