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Project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that utilizes student-directed inquiry processes to develop a product that has real-life connections and applications (Johnson, & Lamb, 2007). Specifically, PBL consists of inquiry-based tasks that help students develop important technological, social, and core curriculum content (Nastu, 2009). PBL has also been defined as a “special case of inquiry” (Slough & Milam, 2008, p. 19). Thus STEM PBL and inquiry-based learning go hand-in-hand in terms of student-centered instruction.
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Sahin, A. (2013). STEM Project-Based Learning. In: Capraro, R.M., Capraro, M.M., Morgan, J.R. (eds) STEM Project-Based Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-143-6_7
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