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"In fact, one of the benefits of the assessment movement is that rigorous analysis of data about student engagement and learning is showing precisely what works and what doesn't. For example, data from the National Survey of Student Engagement have led to the identification of 10 "high-impact practices" that demonstrably increase student engagement, retention, and graduation rates. They are: first-year seminars and experiences; common intellectual experiences; learning communities; writing-intensive courses; collaborative assignments and projects; undergraduate research; diversity/global learning; service and community-based learning; internships; and capstone courses and projects."

Online resource to design and manage project based learning projects for middle and high school students.

very interesting article on Forsyth County schools in GA (I just drove through there the other day and had no idea of their innovativeness!) encouraging students to bring their own technology to classrooms to use in project and inquiry based learning. Amazing!

Action Research tips for college bound teens to work together on a project, specifically that challenging phase when team members don't yet know what they want to work on.

Exercises for helping a group use past experience to identify how they can and should work together by Sara Carney

interesting column and short video explaining the Tubric for building driving questions