10.4122/1.1000054679
Niewoehner, Robert
Robert
Niewoehner
niewoehn@usna.edu
Simpson, Tim
Tim
Simpson
tws8@psu.edu
Koster, Jean
Jean
Koster
jean.koster@colorado.edu
Crawley, Ed
Ed
Crawley
crawley@mit.edu
The Learning Science Foundation for Project Based Learning
7th International CONCEIVE DESIGN IMPLEMENT OPERATE Conference
2011
2011
Our paper summarizes the principles of Ambrose's "How Learning Works" and
describes how the best practices of project based learning instantiate the
emerging scholarship of educational and cognitive psychology. Ambrose's
principles suggest criteria by which we might identify best practices in
contextual and project based learning. We're seeking to shift the arguments for
contextual and project based learning from appeals to intuition to a sound
foundation built from the teaching and learning sciences.
We intend an active session exploring the application of these principles to
the CDIO community's observations regarding what works in project based
learning.