In an effort to help educators select a strategy appropriate for intended outcomes, this post is an attempt at providing a framework for variations on project-based learning (PBL).

This article presents a concrete strategy for the teaching of aesthetics: Problem-based learning (PBL). More than an isolated activity, PBL is both a curricular organizer and an instructional method ...

But in Finland, phenomenon-based learning is nonnegotiably interdisciplinary, something that can get left out of projects in the U.S. And it must be driven by students’ own questions about the world, ...

Finally, we discuss research findings that show positive effects on student learning and that show students' reflections on their year as 5th graders were strongly influenced by their experiences in ...

In this post, I explore how activity-based learning develops skills and builds collaboration.

An assessment programme could look like a set of assessments of differing formats, such as end-of-unit quizzes, problem-based learning activities and others, taken throughout the year. The first step ...

Learn how museum educators at the Smithsonian are going all in with game mechanics for learning and embracing the playful, experimental side of education through the structure of familiar games.

But in Finland, phenomenon-based learning is nonnegotiably interdisciplinary, something that can get left out of projects in the U.S. And it must be driven by students’ own questions about the world, ...