Education experts are encouraging schools to consider problem-based learning (PBL) in a move to improve engagement and creativity among high school students. New research demonstrates how hands-on, ...

The Education Week Spotlight on Problem-Based Learning is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on how virtual reality can be used for unique problem-solving and ...

According to an international team of educators, active learning methods, such as problem-based learning, project-based learning, and challenge-based learning are necessary to provide engineering ...

Indrani Dey is a PhD student in Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying under Dr. Sadhana Puntambekar. At iSAT, she works with Dr. Puntambekar to investigate how students’ ...

Imagine you are a mountaineer. Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Picture this: You’re back in the fourth grade. You whip out a freshly sharpened number two pencil as your teacher hands you a math exam. You look down at the page, and see a question: The average ...

The new question-of-the-week is: How can project-based learning be used in math class? Project-based learning is a popular instructional strategy for many subjects, though it is not used as much in ...