The Effects of Integrating Computing and Project/Problem-Based Learning in Environmental Sciences: A Case of Pakistani STEM Teachers

• In Event: Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom

Abstract

The primary purpose of this collaborative project was to build the capacity of the University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan to improve the quality and relevancy of its STEM teacher education programs and its partnership schools near Lahore, Pakistan. It also aimed to support education, cultural connections, and professional and academic exchange with Pakistan. It collaboratively designed, developed, implemented and evaluated STEM learning units with a specific focus on water and natural resources to under-served middle-grade students in Pakistan through the integration of project-based and problem-based learning (PBL) and Squeak Etoys, modeling, and simulation tool

Authors

• Mahnaz Moallem, Towson University, Towson Maryland

• William L. Sterrett, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

• Christopher Raymond Gordon,, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

• Sohail Masood Sukhera,, University of North Carolina - Wilmington