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PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Four new studies on project-based learning. Related 2018 Hechinger coverage. Project-based learning, a popular practice that uses lots of poster boards and student presentations, is billed as an antidote to boring classrooms where teachers drone on. Not every attempt at project-based learning worked.

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10 Strategies to Strengthen Instruction and Learning

A Principal's Reflections

These consisted of sound classroom management, listing the learning objectives, and developing a lesson plan. When it came to the lesson plan piece, many of my colleagues and I in the Northeastern United States were educated in the Instructional Theory Into Practice Model (ITIP) developed by Madeline Hunter.

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Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?

The Hechinger Report

But what else was she learning in this maker space? Plus, evidence-based assessments could improve the overall quality of project-based learning by helping educators tailor projects to specific skills and vet a lesson’s overall effectiveness. The pilot is backed by the National Science Foundation.).

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

McIntosh asked, prompting students to draw lessons from the comic books in front of them. Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. Andrew Goldin, executive director of TLP Education, which oversees the Summit Learning Program. How do they draw that something is happening?”.