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Download full textQuint, Janet; Condliffe, Barbara – MDRC, 2018
The concept of project-based learning (PBL) has garnered wide support among a number of K-12 education policy advocates and funders. PBL is viewed as an approach that enables students to develop the "21st century competencies"--cognitive and socioemotional skills--needed for success in college and careers. This issue focus, pulling from…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Thinking Skills
McCormick, Meghan; Hsueh, JoAnn; Weiland, Christina; Bangser, Michael – MDRC, 2017
Early childhood interventions can be highly cost effective when positive impacts are sustained into adulthood. Yet while many recent preschool interventions have been found to have short-term effects on young children's language, literacy, mathematics, executive function, and social-emotional development, studies show that impacts on cognitive and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Sustainability
Rappaport, Shelley; Grossman, Jean; Garcia, Ivonne; Zhu, Pei; Avila, Osvaldo; Granito, Kelly – MDRC, 2017
To succeed in today's economy, students need both proficiency in the "three Rs" (reading, writing and arithmetic) and strong applied skills. Communication skills, team work, and critical thinking have long been at the top of employers' lists of applied skills they seek in employees. States are responding to employers' needs by putting in…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students
Mattera, Shira Kolnik; Lloyd, Chrishana M.; Fishman, Mike; Bangser, Michael – MDRC, 2013
Low-income preschool children face many risks to their social-emotional development that can affect their school experience and social outcomes for years to come. Although there are some promising approaches to improving young children's social-emotional competence, the evidence base is limited, particularly on the effectiveness of these…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Social Development
