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Download full textLucas Education Research, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2021
This brief examines the findings of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California examining a project-based approach to Advanced Placement courses. The randomized study found the proportion of students earning a credit-qualifying score on the AP test was 8 percentage points higher in the project-based version of the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs
Anna Rosefsky Saavedra; Ying Liu; Shira Korn Haderlein; Amie Rapaport; Marshall Garland; Danial Hoepfner; Kari Lock Morgan; Alyssa Hu – Online Submission, 2021
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Knowledge in Action (KIA) project-based learning (PBL) approach to Advanced Placement (AP) on students' AP examination performance. This study used a randomized controlled trial, with school-level randomization within five large and predominantly urban U.S. school districts, to compare the AP…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Advanced Placement Programs, Units of Study
Peer reviewedHenry, Michael – Social Studies, 1991
Discusses a survey of 56 advanced placement (AP) U.S. history teachers. Explores the scope of AP history and types of posttest activities used after Advanced Placement examinations. Concludes that public school courses developed more deeply into post-1960 events than the private schools did. Describes movies, debates, simulations, and local…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Research
