4. Purpose of the Topic “ The mathematics curriculum in US high schools is designed to support the success on standardized tests ”
5. Traditional In a perfect world, teachers teach and students learn!!!!
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7. What is Project-Based Learning? derived from constructivist theory learning-by-doing not to be confused with simply conducting projects within the class projects ARE the curriculum Real project-based learning is deep complex, and rigorous
8. Traditional Versus Constructivist the main distinction between these projects that have been present in traditional classrooms for so many years and those from the PBL style is that within the PBL approach, students learn while they complete the project, rather than learn the said material first followed up by a project in which they apply those learned skills or ideas.
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10. History of Project-Based Learning PBL was originally developed in medical education in the early 1970's. The idea was to replace the traditional lecture-based approach to anatomy, pharmacology, physiology etc..
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16. One student in the student-centered (PBL) group commented that although she was frustrated when her computer crashed and her work was not saved, she was able to recreate her work without help from her teacher “I believe this shows that we know what we are doing to the point that we are comfortable enough with our project that we can do it on our own. I’m feeling good about this project!”
17. After completing an assessment asking students to identify transformations, The mean score for the teacher-centered group was 5.25 While the score for the PBL group was 3.75 Indicating that students in the teacher-centered group were more successful in demonstrating their knowledge via an assessment.
