To liven up her 6th grade social studies class, Karla Duff turned to the undead, and to project-based learning.

So project-based learning is generally a huge investment for school districts and more work for the teachers, but many of them “find that the hard work pays off,” he said. Harris hopes to see more ...

Project-based Learning isn’t new. It’s more than a century old, rooted in John Dewey’s belief that children learn best by ...

One college unexpectedly found that female engineering students responded particularly well to its project-based learning approach. Experts say the curriculum could help attract and retain women in ...

The George Lucas Educational Foundation released five new studies highlighting how project-based learning (PBL) helps accelerate student learning—across age groups, multiple disciplines, and ...

Rice University is using a new $1.9 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to apply inquiry-based strategies to introductory science courses to encourage freshman undergraduates ...

Newark's Par Excellence Academy community school combines textbooks with STEM in an effort to learn job skills and benefit Licking County.

Gil Leal took AP Environmental Science taught with a project-based learning approach at San Pedro Senior High School Marine Science Magnet in Los Angeles. One project involved students working in ...

Project-based learning advocates are confident that it can succeed in Philadelphia. Less certain, however, is whether its adoption can push educators, students and families to re-examine assumptions ...