Problem-Based Learning Designed for Science and Mathematics Professional Development

Principal Investigator: Jan Eberhardt
Funding: National Science Foundation

Jan Eberhardt is PI and project director for this $4.1 million NSF project. The goals of this five-year project are to

1. develop, implement and study the impact of a subject matter-focused, Problem-Based Learning professional development model; and to
2. design ways of incorporating Problem-Based Learning (PBL) into key subject matter and teacher preparation courses taken by pre-service teachers, and study the impact on pre-service teachers' learning.

This cross-institutional collaborative project will investigate the applicability of using PBL to assist

1. teachers in analyzing and changing their instructional practice
2. faculty in incorporating PBL into pre-service and in-service courses and
3. professional developers in the design of effective professional development.