Date of Award
Spring 5-2017
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
College
College of Education
Primary Advisor
Dr. Dough Roth
Second Advisor
Dr. James Anderson
Third Advisor
Dr. Gordon Miller
Abstract
This study compared students taught with traditional teaching methods and those with project-based learning methods in a sixth-grade social studies classroom. Student assessments were examined to determine how students scored on lower-level thinking questions and higher-level thinking questions as defined by Bloom’s taxonomy of learning. Results indicated that students who were taught through traditional methods scored significantly higher on lower-level thinking questions than those taught through project-based learning. Conversely, students taught through project-based learning scored significantly higher on higher-level thinking questions than those taught through traditional methods.
Recommended Citation
Overholt, Keith Bryan, "ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF 6TH GRADE STUDENTS IN A SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTING TRADITIONAL VS PROJECT-BASED LEARNING" (2017). Doctor of Education (Ed.D). 8.
https://firescholars.seu.edu/coe/8
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Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Elementary Education Commons