ERIC Number: EJ920126
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Mar
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1365-4802
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Cultivating Life Skills at a Project-Based Charter School
Wurdinger, Scott; Enloe, Walter
Improving Schools, v14 n1 p84-96 Mar 2011
Surveys that focused on academic and life skill development were collected from alumni who attended Avalon Charter School in St Paul, Minnesota. Avalon is a small public charter school that uses project-based learning as their primary teaching method. Forty-two alumni responded to the online survey. Students ranked life skills such as creativity, problem solving, and time management extremely high, whereas academic skills such as note taking and test taking were ranked much lower. Students graduate from this school with a strong sense of purpose and self-confidence, which helps them become productive members of society. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Student Projects, Time Management, Alumni, School Surveys, Active Learning, Daily Living Skills, Skill Development, Teaching Methods, Graduate Surveys, Mail Surveys, Creativity, Problem Solving, Notetaking, Educational Experience, Participant Satisfaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
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