“What do I have to know this for?” a student may ask of a seemingly irrelevant school assignment. But with a problem-based learning approach, the answer to that question is clear. “Problem-based ...
Does the problem-based learning (PBL) approach contribute to personally meaningful learning? This study used a double-cohort design to explore the question by focusing a PBL single-course, which was ...
I started teaching at the University of the Philippines in 1971 when I was 21, at most only six years older than my students. I had not attended a single formal training program on teaching. As many ...
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is re-designing its programs to incorporate a new teaching and learning approach known as problem- based. Problem-based Learning or PBL ...
Many school districts and policymakers are stepping up efforts to teach students the skills they need to be prepared for the jobs of the future. One big area of focus is STEM. Jobs in science, ...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a continuing series on the practical takeaways from research. Over the past year, students have had to learn a lot about a phenomenon that has dominated their lives: the ...
Battelle is giving out $900,000 in grants for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning in classrooms across Ohio. The 194 approved grants will support STEM-based educational ...
Inspired by how the human brain consolidates memory, the 'Nested Learning' framework allows different parts of a model to ...
I’ve finished reading “The Alignment Problem” (ISBN: 9780393635829), by Brian Christian. As the subtitle states, it’s an attempt to discuss fuzzier aspects of human value with the growing relevance of ...