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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. 3rd grade science. 6th grade science. High school Advanced Placement. High school Advanced Placement. Environmental Science Curriculum. Developer: Michigan State University Research. Curriculum. 2nd grade social studies. Curriculum.

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Critical Thinking in the 21st Century and Beyond

A Principal's Reflections

Since our school was small, there was a chance you could even have him multiple times before moving up to the high school. What separated Mr. South from his peers was his passion for helping students learn and love the sciences. He didn’t teach science. We learned science.

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Following the lessons of learning science in schools isn’t convenient

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Personalized learning, project-based learning, mastery-based learning – they all require more work of teachers and more work of students.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

ED Surge

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. The curriculum also primes students for college and potential careers in science. It's an opportunity for us.

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Teachable moments: For America’s colleges, the future of coaching is now

The Hechinger Report

But ironically, a fixed syllabus of readings and assignments for open-ended project-based learning courses may prevent us from capitalizing on “teachable moments.”. In the learning sciences, teachable moments go by many names: impasse-driven learning, preparation of future learning, desirable difficulties, or productive failure.