Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning SIG Business Meeting and Reception

Session Type: Business Meeting

Abstract

In the keynote address, "Project-Based Learning in AP Classrooms: Lessons from Research" presented by Anna Rosefsky Saavedra and her team (A. Rapaport, K.L. Morgan, M. W. Garland, Y. Liu, A. Hu, D. Hoepfner, and S.K. Haderlein), present the results of a randomized controlled trial, assessing the Knowledge in Action (KIA) project-based curriculum in AP courses. KIA students, even within subgroups, outperformed their non-KIA peers on AP exams. Despite the need for substantial pedagogical changes, teachers and students perceived additional benefits beyond AP performance, with most teachers planning to continue using PjBL. This positive trend held across two years and in two courses. Results support teacher-driven adoption of KIA for students from both lower- and higher-income households and in both courses.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning

Chair

• Liz Bergeron, New Tech Network

Speaker

• Anna R. Saavedra, University of Southern California

Officers

• Nancy M. Holincheck, George Mason University

• Susan M. Bridges, University of Queensland