“It was engaging and had us doing things for ourselves instead of being told the steps and how to do them.”
"It gives you that level of confidence to say, 'Yes I can do this,' or, 'Next time i would like to try that, or do things differently.' And so it's a self-correcting process you really do start perfecting."
"You clearly realize while working where your strengths are and your weaknesses lie. And for me, having it pointed out where my weaknesses lie encourages me or motivates me to work harder in the areas where i know i need improvement"
"I found myself White-boarding different problems in my life... just looking at the Whiteboards and starting to fill in the sections really helped me to understand subject matter that i was not familiar with. It teaches you what to do when you don;t know what to do."
"The biggest thing is the life experiences that everybody gains, even me, through working with groups and the diversity of people. Not just ages - different backgrounds, different upbringings, and so forth. We all came from different places, and when we bring our own life experiences to these situations it's helpful, It's very helpful."
Engaging Students in STEM with Problem Based Learning
This site describes a quarter century of work by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and its partners to improve secondary and
For news and announcements about our current NSF ATE project, Problem-Based Learning for Advanced Photonics Manufacturing, visit our microsite at ATE CENTRAL to view the existing problem-based learning curriculum.
