Computer Technology in an Authentic Science Project

Matovinovic, Donna; Nocente, Norma

doi:10.1300/j025v16n03_01

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“…A goal of the PBL approach is to learn concepts of fundamental disciplinary subjects in the context of real-life issues students face in their daily lives (Rogers et al, 2011). Furthermore, several students reported that they not only studied the chosen scientific topics for their websites but also improved their IT skills through their disciplinary projects, which corresponds to the studies of Matovinovic and Nocente (2000) and Morales et al (2013). As learning is more than just knowledge transfer, there are different relationships between research and learning that vary across disciplines (Al-Rahmi et al, 2018;Colbeck, 2004).…”

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The Effectiveness of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) Approach as a Way to Engage Students in Learning

2020

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The prevalence of project-based learning (PBL) has increased significantly, contributing to serious discussions about its advent. PBL’s critics doubt whether accentuating the practice supports teachers in using a technocratic method in education, instead of promoting instruction that is responsive to students’ ideas. Thus, this study aims to develop on using the effectiveness of the PBL approach, as a way to engage students in learning as well as to incorporate literature on the PBL method for educational purposes. The research hypotheses therefore measure the influence of the PBL method on collaborative learning, disciplinary subject learning, iterative learning, and authentic learning, which, in turn, engage students in learning. To achieve the research purpose, a questionnaire was employed as the main method of collecting data and dispensed to 124 teachers who were using the PBL approach. Structural equation modeling (SEM), a quantitative research method, was employed to obtain the findings. A significant relation was found between the PBL method and collaborative learning, disciplinary subject learning, iterative learning, and authentic learning, which, in turn, produced student engagement. The results show that the PBL technique improves student engagement by enabling knowledge and information sharing and discussion. Thus, the PBL approach is highly recommended for educational use by students and should be encouraged in universities.

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