She explained how the driving question “How does land pollution affect marine life?” initiated the project-based learning (PBL) unit at Katherine Smith Elementary School in San Jose.

With project-based learning, the students are given a task that requires higher-order thinking skills—often to create something—and they must learn and practice lower-level skills along the way.

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

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 ...

Not every attempt at project-based learning worked. The Lucas foundation originally tried to finance the development of a project-based curriculum to teach math. But it was “put on ice,” De Vivo said, ...

As he returns to the classroom, an educator looks back at how he has contributed to the evolution of project-based learning in schools.

Exploring the sweet spot between project-based learning and the latest in powerful AI tools at Bentley University.

While project-based learning can indeed be successful and exciting, it is hardly new. It is, in fact, a century old, as education historian Jack Schneider explains in this post.

“At its best, a project will get students deeply involved in exploring a content area, so that they feel like they understand the issues deeply and can demonstrate their learning in ways that are ...