TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing what we know about learning in a middle-school curriculum for widespread dissemination
T2 - International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences: Cre8ing a Learning World - 8th International Conference for the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2008
AU - Kolodner, Janet L.
AU - Starr, Mary L.
AU - Edelson, Daniel
AU - Hug, Barbara
AU - Kanter, David
AU - Krajcik, Joseph
AU - Lancaster, Juliana A.
AU - Laster, Thomas A.
AU - Leimberer, Jennifer
AU - Reiser, Brian J.
AU - Ryan, Michael T.
AU - Schneider, Rebecca
AU - Sutherland, Lee Ann M.
AU - Zahm, Barbara
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Project-Based Inquiry Science (PBIS) is a comprehensive technology-enhanced science curriculum for grades 6 through 8 (ages 12 - 14), designed based on foundations in the learning sciences. Most of its units were developed during the 1990's at Georgia Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, and University of Michigan. Over the past five years, researchers at these universities (and others) have been working to pull the units together into a curriculum that can be disseminated nationally (in the U.S.). During the last two years, we have been working closely with the publishing company, It's About Time, to bring the curriculum to publication. We present the research foundations of PBIS along with the pragmatics of incorporating individual units into an integrated curriculum appropriate that addresses the diverse requirements of 50 states while also addressing the diverse needs of learners.
AB - Project-Based Inquiry Science (PBIS) is a comprehensive technology-enhanced science curriculum for grades 6 through 8 (ages 12 - 14), designed based on foundations in the learning sciences. Most of its units were developed during the 1990's at Georgia Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, and University of Michigan. Over the past five years, researchers at these universities (and others) have been working to pull the units together into a curriculum that can be disseminated nationally (in the U.S.). During the last two years, we have been working closely with the publishing company, It's About Time, to bring the curriculum to publication. We present the research foundations of PBIS along with the pragmatics of incorporating individual units into an integrated curriculum appropriate that addresses the diverse requirements of 50 states while also addressing the diverse needs of learners.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84880427136
SN - 1573-4552
SP - 274
EP - 281
JO - Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
JF - Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
IS - PART 3
Y2 - 23 June 2008 through 28 June 2008
ER -