Ronald W. Marx

TL;DR: Project-based learning as discussed by the authors is a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning that is designed to engage students in investigation of authentic problems, and it has the potential to help people learn.

TL;DR: The authors presented an analysis of a conceptual change model for describing student learning by applying research on student motivation to the process of conceptual change and discussed the role of classroom contextual factors as moderators of the relations between student motivation and conceptual change.

TL;DR: In this paper, a model of teacher learning and an analytic framework linking professional development to student and teacher learning is presented, and evaluated using a combination of teacher reflection, classroom observation, and ongoing assessment of student performance.

TL;DR: For instance, this article found that middle school students were thoughtful in designing investigations and in planning procedures; for instance, they thought about controls, about samples, and about how to organize data collection However, the cases also reveal that failures to focus on the scientific merit of questions generated and to systematically collect and analyze data and draw conclusions.

TL;DR: Fading written scaffolds better equipped students to write explanations when they were not provided with support, and showed significant learning gains for students for all components of scientific explanation.