Research Library
The BIE research library provides access to PBL-related studies and summaries of research that has been conducted. The section on practices focuses on differences in use of PBL including practices, tools and professional development designed to improve teaching and learning. Another section focuses on outcomes of PBL use, ranging from improved attitudes to standardized test scores. In addition, we provide access to syntheses that are summaries of research conducted across multiple sites or multiple studies.
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...
New Tech High Schools: Results of the National Survey of PBL and High School Reform
BIE has completed reports for partners who participated in our national PBL survey. This includes a report for the New… more...
Survey Instrument and Descriptive Findings: National Survey of PBL and High School Reform
In 2007 BIE conducted a national survey of PBL use and high school reform. The study included over 350 high… more...
Project Based Learning as a Catalyst in Reforming High Schools (AERA, 2008)
This paper presents initial results from a survey of project based learning conducted across a dozen strata of high schools… more...
Does Project Based Learning Help Foster Communities of Learners in Small US High Schools?
Based BIE's survey of project based learning (PBL) and high school reform, this paper shows that PBL is a hallmark… more...
Converting Problem-Based Learning to Standards-Based Assessment
This study intended first to investigate the degree to which problem-based and project-based learning as instructional methodologies could be transferred… 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...
Evaluation of initiatives to create smaller high schools
American Institutes for Research and SRI International have concluded their evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's National School… 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...
Supporting Change and Scholarship Through Review of Online Resources for Professional Development
How can we accelerate innovation and ensure effective dissemination of knowledge about online learning resources? This paper advocates strategies that… more...
Cool Tools
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PBL Handbook ($35)
The PBL Handbook gives an overview of PBL, explains how to design and manage successful projects, provides sample rubrics, forms and handouts, and describes five example projects.
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PBL Starter Kit ($24)
The PBL Starter Kit contains BIE's latest guidance for planning & managing projects with planning forms, rubrics, handouts, 6 example projects, and practical advice for successfully running your first project.
