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Hi Cary, That was based off of my experience with different schools. Most of the schools I worked with used project based learning with at risk students. However, that is not the case. I was just thinking of my own experiences and perhaps should have left that line out. I would say any students willing to work hard are likely to benefit. Thanks for the question.

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Hey, thanks for responding. But when it comes to higher achieving students, their success is judged by through standardized testing. And project based learning is not the best method for increasing test scores, direct instruction with increasing cognitive rigor and teaching to the test are the best ways to increase scores on standardized tests. At risk special education students, benefit more from project based learning because they are engaged through projects, whereas they shut down during direct instruction. Nevertheless, I respect what you said, I appreciate your comment, and if you send me a link to the research you mention, and the info is valid, I will gladly remove what I said. Thanks again

As for the work that reflects the short comings of strategies such as PBL, look up the work of John Sweller, Young, T. a book called seven myths in education, etc amongst SCORES of other such work. Next, if you are going to judge a person's educational success based on what grades they get out of an exam, and if the system judges you based on that result in those exams, and those results determine what university you get into, and what job you land, then educators MUST, and I mean MUST improve upon methods that improves the desired outcomes of high grades. Be honest, if you use something like PBL, that turns some classrooms into a circus (I'm referring to classes that try and build things like car engines and stuff in a park) and in the end, the students can't explain the basic principles of how the engine works, or can't tell you what the formula for calculating Kinetic Energy is without opening a text book or looking it up, and if these are part of your learning objectives of this project, then any sane person will say the instructional strategy used for this unit was a grand failure. I'm doing my Ph.D in Science Education, and this area (Effective Instructional methods) is my specially. On top of that, I am a legally blind student, with my 1st Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences, so I know exactly what i'm talking about ESPECIALLY when it comes to Science, and more specifically biology. PBL is something that works better in more subjective realms like Litterature, Social Studies etc. For Science, (pure science, not pseudo science like political science) PBL is not always that effective overall.

MCTanman1 , First off, congratulations on pursuing your Ph. D. Now, it seems like we are in agreement about the dangers of PBL. I have taught Honors Biology and Biology for “at risk” students. And I am in agreement with you that classes can become a circus. That is why I would Not use PBL for AP courses and other courses to be tested. Frankly they take too much time, and I would rather use other instructions strategies with increasing levels of cognitive rigor. However, PBL worked amazingly for my “at risk students”. Instruction must be differentiated. PBL can really engage those kids that refuse normal class work. Believe me, I have seen it first hand. And it does incorporate 21 century life skills, which is important for high Both high and low achieving students. When I say it works best for “at risks”, it’s because not only does it have a positive academic effect through engagement, but also those students will tend to behave better if they are interested in the PBL. Again, PBL literally worked MIRACLES, with my BD class. MIRACLES!!

Thanks for the congratulations. Now on to PBL, unfortunately, I have seen PBL fail many times, and for something that works so less frequently, it is not worth all the effort. As for your "at risk" students for whom it worked, has their PBL experience translated into a significant increase in content knowledge and better criterion-referenced grades? If it has, then I guess it worked for this group of students, but if not, then you can NOT claim that PBL has worked. I have come across COUNTLESS articles that claim to support PBL and how it is the ultimate solution, but then in the Results section of the study, FAIL MISERABLY to establish any succinct and definitive body of evidence (quantitative) to support their claims. Surprisingly enough, many (not all) of the PBL papers I have read has a surprising affinity towards promoting equal opportunity to learners from different ethnicities and backgrounds and genders and what not, over an emphasis on a quantifiable measure (NOT SOME STUPID HAPPINESS INVENTORY OR SOME CRAP) of a significant increase in content knowledge. Other independent learning strategies like IL, SDABL, etc, are just as guilty.I am an INTERNATIONAL student. I did not grow up in the United States. I grew up in a country, where we had students from the indian sub continent, the arab world and Africa, and we were taught by south indian teachers. And our school was low budget AF, and STILL our school produced some of the greatest students at the Secondary School (GCSE/IGCSE) levels and Higher Secondary (GCE/UCLES) levels. Our students ALSO came from varied socioeconomic backgrounds, and some ALSO came from families where the parents were relatively illiterate. STILL I have seen time and time again, that things like PBL and other such techniques, OVERALL have a very high record of failure. But perhaps my GREATEST complaint about this movement of Independent learning garbage, is "Students at GRADE SCHOOL should think like experts". Sorry, but as an educator, if ANYONE thinks so, then in my VERY STRONG OPINION, they should resign IMMEDIATELY. I'm not saying PBL does not have its place. Of course it does, but there are other ways of instructional differentiation, and just like miracles, in science education, PBL works QUITE RARELY. Finally, congratulations on your success with at risk students with PBL. Obviously you know your students well enough to have concluded upon what is the best strategy to teach them.

MCTanman1 , you made excellent points and are very well versed with a great passion. I respect everything you said, but you are talking about gains on criterion referenced tests. I agree that PBL is not the answer. And I said earlier , with higher achieving students, I personally wouldn’t use PBL. If you look at the four reasons I mention using PBL, they include communications skills, 21 century life skills, collaboration and Most importantly engagement. And when it comes to “at risk students” and BD classrooms, it’s not just my classes, it’s many others where PBL first and foremost limits the number of outbursts. Your “at risks” students will not sit quietly in class, listen, and work out problems. Trust me, with those classes, I’ve been cursed at, spit at, and assaulted trying to force direct instruction strategies down their throat. The success I am talking about with at risk students was Never about CRT tests. It was the amazing transformation of a violent atmosphere to one where students were excited about projects. And yes, I absolutely agree PBL is NOT the best way to get test scores up. But I never said it was. Your disputed that it works best for high achieving students as opposed to lower achieving students. I’m mean, obviously higher achieving students may learn using PBL, but that can be any learning strategy. But the Greatest gains I’ve seen come for at risk students. If you have ever taught in an aggressive and dangerous environment, you would know what I am talking about. And with “risk kids” you first have to actually get them to school. They cut all the time. An engaging project gets them to school