Does Project Based Learning Help Foster Communities of Learners in Small US High Schools?

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Jason Ravitz

Based BIE's survey of project based learning (PBL) and high school reform, this paper shows that PBL is a hallmark practice of schools that have been most successful in realizing systemic reform efforts. PBL should be studied as a contributing factor to the development of learning communities and an instructional approach that is in service of a variety of progressive reforms.

Paper presented at meetings of of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. Amsterdam, NL. August 29, 2009.