Project-based learning or Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is one of the best teaching strategies for engaging students in realistic learning activities. Students are not only interested, they are also learning math in the process.
Why?
Because their minds are engaged, critical thinking is taking place!
This is often referred to as critical thinking, minds-on, or inquiry-based teaching and [...]
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The science community needs to develop better ways to assess students’ understanding and skills, not just their science factual knowledge.
For many years, education has traditionally been about standing in front of a classroom and giving a great lecture, or just a lecture. What people rarely do is try to work out whether or not the [...]
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Science fair projects are always popular in school. Science fairs are used to present science projects students have conducted to solve scientific problems.
These science fairs also give students a chance to share their findings about what they learned during their science investigation.
Using technology resources as a basis for a science fair project is one approach, [...]
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