Practices
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...
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...
Research on Professional Development
BIE has collected research on effective professional development as way to inform our work with others. The following articles represent… 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...
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...
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.
