Project Based Learning Research Support

• Project Based Learning improves Student Performance Significantly According to Breakthrough Research

• The following research briefs are referenced in the article above and summarize the findings of peer-reviewed studies examining the impact of project-based learning across subjects and grades. The briefs provide context for the research and can help policymakers, educators, system leaders, and families deepen their understanding of what the evidence reveals about the effectiveness of rigorous project-based learning.
  
  1. Rigorous Project-Based Learning is a Powerful Lever for Improving Equity

  2. The Evidence is Clear: Rigorous Project-Based Learning is an Effective Lever for
  Student Success

  3. Project-Based Learning Boosts Student Achievement in AP Courses

  4. Project-Based Learning Leads to Gains in Science and Other Subjects in Middle
  School and Benefits All Learners

  5. Project-Based Learning Increases Science Achievement in Elementary Schools
  and Improves Social and Emotional Learning

  6. The Impact of Project-Based Learning on Social Studies and Literacy Learning in
  Low-Income Schools
  

• New Research Makes a Powerful Case for PBL

  Two studies provide compelling evidence that project-based learning is an effective strategy for all students—including historically marginalized ones.

project based learning news & articles

• 4/18/23 - Kids will lead — if we let them

• 4/1/23 - Calvert County Students Use Project Based Learning to address real world issues

• 2/22/23 - Math Word Field Notes: A Collaborative Project Across Subject Areas

• 2/08/23 - Rosa Parks Elementary Teacher Recognized for Innovative Instructional Practices and Project-Based Learning Focus (Marion County, IN)

• 12/19/22 - Compass Academy students are not just learning, they’re teaching

• 10/12/22 - Problem-based learning helped boost my underserved students’ engagement

• 9/11/22 - JPS JUMP Students Learn With Projects

• 9/06/22 - 6 Reasons Why We Should See Students as Changemakers

• 8/13/22 - Innovative Babcock High School is ready to welcome students

• 8/12/22 - Dartmouth High students get to work on local history documentary

• 6/15/22 - Using PBL to Teach About Homelessness

• 4/19/22 - “Do our students need to be book smart or street smart? They need to be both.”

• 4/4/22 - “Rethinking education for the messy 21st century”

• 3/28/22 - “How Can Developing Strong Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Help Teachers Better Engage Their Students in Science Learning?”

• 3/23/22 - More than 40 Madison High students take part in Beech Glen stream restoration

• 3/22/22 - “Georgetown students raise clean water awareness, help fund well in Africa”

• Seneca Elementary School Health Fair - KOAM News At 5

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