A large, international study shows that problem-based learning is more effective than standard instruction in math and science, and a national survey confirms that students, parents and teachers all ...

A serious look at how educational innovations are disseminated may give the thoughtful observer cause to question the pervasiveness of the “scientific method.” Sometimes it seems that education moves ...

Problem-based learning (PBL) has more than one historical root. Some credit its inception to medical educators in the 1980s but prior to the work of these educators, Paulo Freire coined problem posing ...

There’s a reading crisis in the public elementary and high schools as claimed by educators and opinion writers in the Inquirer’s past issues. The dismal situation is caused by the following: 1) The ...

Picture this: You’re back in the fourth grade. You whip out a freshly sharpened number two pencil as your teacher hands you a math exam. You look down at the page, and see a question: The average ...

Introducing math and science through inquiry and problem-based instruction can pay off throughout elementary school, according to a massive international series of studies. Education economists Emma ...

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