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Putting PjBL to the Test: The Impact of Project-Based Learning on Second Graders' Social Studies and Literacy Learning and Motivation in Low-SES School Settings
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Duke, Nell K.; Halvorsen, Anne-Lise; Strachan, Stephanie L.; Kim, Jihyun; Konstantopoulos, Spyros – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
This cluster randomized controlled trial investigated the impact of project-based learning with professional development supports on social studies and literacy achievement and motivation of second-grade students from low-socioeconomic status school districts. At random in within-school pairs, 48 teachers were assigned to the experimental or…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 2
From Interpretation to Instructional Practice: A Network Study of Early-Career Teachers' Sensemaking in the Era of Accountability Pressures and Common Core State Standards
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Frank, Kenneth A.; Kim, Jihyun; Salloum, Serena J.; Bieda, Kristen N.; Youngs, Peter – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
Accountability pressures and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics have created complex demands for educators, especially early-career teachers (ECTs). Analyzing longitudinal data, including the social networks of 119 ECTs, we find that ECTs increase their ambitious mathematics instruction when their network members positively interpret…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Accountability, Common Core State Standards