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Lucas Education Research, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2021
This brief examines the findings of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California examining a project-based approach to Advanced Placement courses. The randomized study found the proportion of students earning a credit-qualifying score on the AP test was 8 percentage points higher in the project-based version of the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs
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Anna Rosefsky Saavedra; Ying Liu; Shira Korn Haderlein; Amie Rapaport; Marshall Garland; Danial Hoepfner; Kari Lock Morgan; Alyssa Hu – Online Submission, 2021
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Knowledge in Action (KIA) project-based learning (PBL) approach to Advanced Placement (AP) on students' AP examination performance. This study used a randomized controlled trial, with school-level randomization within five large and predominantly urban U.S. school districts, to compare the AP…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Advanced Placement Programs, Units of Study