TeachThought

JUNE 10, 2024

Edith Ackerman, a “ Swiss-born American psychologist who explored the interactions between developmental psychology, play, learning and design. He stresses the importance of tools, media, and context in human development. Project-Based Learning: Emphasis on projects that result in a tangible artifact or product.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: A team of U.K. The study, “ How effective is peer interaction in facilitating learning? A meta-analysis ,” was published online December 2019 in the Journal of Educational Psychology. Choose from our newsletters.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Scientists have long known that the human brain develops more rapidly between birth and the age of 3 than at any other time in life. Meanwhile, new findings in developmental psychology are shedding a fresh light on what motivates middle schoolers. Related: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

I’d already adapted this class in 2013 as one of Coursera’s free online humanities offerings. I’ve been particularly impressed by suggestions that lead to more active learning (or project-based learning) among students who are scattered across great distances.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: “Wanting students to be able to ‘analyse, synthesise and evaluate’ information sounds like a reasonable goal,” writes Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. Higher Education. Proof Points.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

With this “Real-World Learning” program, ChiTech joins a growing number of schools devoting big chunks of the year to internships, despite the perennial classroom time crunch. The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning. didn’t.

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