Putting kids to work on meaningful projects can transform classrooms into beehives of inquiry and discovery, but relatively few rigorous studies have examined how well this teaching method actually ...

When the goal is to practice college-level research, build entrepreneurial skills and prepare students for collaborative careers, one Chicago school recognizes the need to incorporate information ...

Students get their hands dirty from day one researching, designing, and building a functional imaging system in time for RIT's annual research and creativity festival, Imagine RIT. The imaging science ...

This is a study of an ongoing collaborative project in which science education faculty and upper elementary school teachers investigate the potential of a project-based, technologyrich, ...

PHILADELPHIA — In a city that’s struggled to meet the educational needs of many of its children, especially its most vulnerable ones, a select group of district high schools is shunning the ...

Challenge-Based Learning helps students guide their science exploration Robert Low August 7, 2019 Through Challenge-based learning, educators can link science curriculum to real-world solutions and ...

A Challenge-Based Learning model pioneered by Apple is now helping teachers engage middle school students in deep learning through projects that combine developing questions, investigating scientific ...

Despite superficial textbooks, rote teaching, and a shortage of project-based learning, there is hope for science education. The news of the so-so performance in science by American students on the ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency’s Citizen Science Earth Observation Lab (CSEOL, pronounced “sizzle”) is accepting ideas for citizen science projects based on Earth observations until 5 May, as Uta Wehn of ...