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 project-based kids also had slightly higher reading scores but their writing scores were no different.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The students do this through nine-week long, interdisciplinary projects that the Finnish call “phenomenon-based learning,” a term coined by the country’s National Agency for Education. Phenomenon-based learning is a lot like project-based learning, a more familiar term in the United States.

Geography 124

Geography Project-Based Learning Tradition Humanities 124

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2017

Here’s the new list (now 10 items instead of 8): Project- and inquiry-based learning environments that emphasize greater student agency and active application of more cognitively-complex thinking, communication, and collaboration skills.

Geography 94

Geography Project-Based Learning Economics Tradition 94

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

communities of geography – Connected learning gallery walk – Interrogating our instruction: Are these connected lessons any good? both analog and digital) – 5 stages of instructional evolution – Communities of interest v. How could we make them better? – Getting set up with Twitter and our new hashtag.

Leadership 107

Leadership Professional Development Geography Project-Based Learning 107

Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 28, 2024

The traditional content-heavy curriculum, obsessed with low-level content mastery and memorization, no longer fits the bill for our rapidly evolving society. Interdisciplinary Learning To keep up with the complexities of modern society, we should also promote interdisciplinary learning.

Education 58

Education Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Geography 58

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 131

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 131