Projects That Address Real-World Debates Can Increase Student Engagement
Summary: This article reports on how Friends School of Baltimore 3rd grade teacher Judy Sandler transformed a social studies unit on Native Americans into a semester-long, project-based learning experience that benefits students by providing them more agency and voice in their learning.
Source: Roger Riddell, Educaton DIVE, March 19, 2018
Description: "Lessons that tie what students are learning to the real world stand to engage them much more effectively than the lectures and rote memorization of old. Being able to touch things, or even to just put them into the context of real-world problems, adds perspective to the material being learned, increasing understanding of its importance."
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Source: Roger Riddell, Educaton DIVE, March 19, 2018
Description: "Lessons that tie what students are learning to the real world stand to engage them much more effectively than the lectures and rote memorization of old. Being able to touch things, or even to just put them into the context of real-world problems, adds perspective to the material being learned, increasing understanding of its importance."
Read the full article here!
