Our research addresses educational questions
and practices that are consistent with a vision for
engaged learners and supported teachers.
BIE conducts research in order to:
- improve the design of our materials and professional
development offerings;
- evaluate the results of problem and project based
learning methods; and
- inform the work of leading educators, policy makers,
and researchers.
Our newly defined goals are to increase the availability of high quality:
- evidence about the impacts of problem based learning;
and
- advice for educators about effective project based
learning.
The focus of our recent research has been our problem
based economics (PBE) curriculum. We are also
increasingly conducting research on project based
learning and evaluating technology supports for
teacher professional development, like PBL-Online.org.
Archives of our technology
research and our other
past research efforts
are also available.
Please contact Jason Ravitz for additional information.
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