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Saavedra, Anna Rosefsky; Rapaport, Amie; Morgan, Kari Lock; Garland, Marshall W.; Liu, Ying; Hu, Alyssa; Hoepfner, Danial; Haderlein, Shira Korn – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
A team of researchers wanted to learn whether AP teachers using a project-based learning (PBL) approach could develop students' deep learning of knowledge and skills while preparing them for their AP exams. They used a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the Knowledge in Action (KIA) project-based curricula for AP courses. KIA students…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Research
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Foster, Elizabeth – Learning Professional, 2021
Project-based learning is popular with many parents, students, and teachers because of its focus on problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and real-world application (Gallup, 2019). It encourages teachers to act as facilitators while students actively engage in teacherand student-posed learning challenges, working alone and in groups on…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Program Effectiveness, High Schools
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Hertzog, Nancy B.; Chung, Rachel U. – Roeper Review, 2015
Radical acceleration from middle school to university is an unusual option in the United States. The Early Entrance Program and the University of Washington (UW) Academy for Young Scholars housed in the Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars are two of only 21 early university entrance programs offered in the United States. Due to…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Transitional Programs, Advanced Placement Programs, Middle School Students