The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. The researchers controlled for academic differences among the kids at the start of the school year.) Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

communities of geography – Connected learning gallery walk – Interrogating our instruction: Are these connected lessons any good? traditional classroom ‘projects’ (how is PBL different from what we normally do in our classes?) – Interrogating our instruction: Are these elementary and middle school projects any good?

Leadership 107

Leadership Professional Development Geography Project-Based Learning 107

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

In Allison McIntosh’s nearby seventh grade science classroom, students were three weeks into a project in which they had to draw a comic book story of a geologic site’s past, present and future based on the conditions that build up or chip away at mountains, carve valleys and dry out lakes.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134