Two major studies demonstrate the effectiveness of problem-based learning and show that students, parents and teachers prefer such immersive learning techniques.

To better prepare students for the innovative digital workplace of the future, educators should strive to improve students’ critical thinking and collaboration skills. One of the many ways to do so is ...

Research on one program providing resources for teachers using project-based learning suggests it might help with problem-solving.

Education experts are encouraging schools to consider problem-based learning (PBL) in a move to improve engagement and creativity among high school students. New research demonstrates how hands-on ...

During that decade, McMaster University pioneered the problem-based learning approach with its medical students. “We think they’re two sides of the same coin,” Larmer says of project- and ...

The project is focused on student learning goals, including standards-based content and skills such as critical thinking/problem solving, collaboration and self-management.

One survey of undergraduate students who took a project-based learning course found that some found the challenge overwhelming.

Students develop lifelong benefits from project-based learning, where they gain the broad, transferable skills employers are looking for.

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.

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 ...