Into the Driver's Seat

By Matthew Lynch  Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. In this vast digital age, there is more information available than can ever possibly be processed, and the way that students vet this data is incredibly important. While the internet has opened up the world in amazing and beautiful ways, it has also skewed the way information is obtained. Instant knowledge, or perceived knowledge, is available as soon as kids are old enough to type in a computer password or swipe the lock screen of a tablet or smartphone. The internet has eliminated the …

Via Sarantis Chelmis

Researchers in Michigan show that project-based learning in high-poverty communities can produce statistically significant gains in social studies and informational reading.

Via Sarantis Chelmis, Ivon Prefontaine, PhD, Dean J. Fusto