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Dissertation
A Study Of Problem-Based Learning In An XQ Project High School
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2023
Abstract
For over a century, teacher-centered learning occurred as the most prominent method of teaching students (Medve, 2023). The student-centered classroom provides students the opportunity to focus their learning on curriculum which is interesting to them. “Problem-Based learning (PBL) is a type of student-centered learning heavily influenced by constructivism” (Medve, 2023). According to Medve (2023), the purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to explore if there is a difference in the academic achievement on norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessment scores in of students in a Central Florida high school who were taught in a PBL classroom as opposed to a traditional lecture-style classroom. This study investigated the differences in ninth and 10th- grade PBL versus traditional students’ performance on norm-referenced and criterion-references assessments. Four research questions were asked in this study. Results indicated that ninth and 10th grade students enrolled in the PBL classroom had significantly higher scores on the criterion-referenced assessment (p=.023, and p=.0075, respectively) and on the norm-referenced assessment (p=.023, and p=.0065, respectively). Students assessed on the criterion and norm-referenced assessment in the 10th-grade had higher statistically significant differences in their scores. ForScores for the ninth-grade students on the norm-referenced assessment were inconclusive. “The conclusions drawn from this study indicate that students taught at thisthrough PBL at this Central Florida high school through PBL have increased assessment results compared to their peers taught through traditional methods” (Medve, 2023). IImplications from this study can be used to determine if additional research is needed in the various teaching settings based on the differences in the ninth and 10th-grade results on the norm- and criterion-referenced assessments.
Details
- Title
- A Study Of Problem-Based Learning In An XQ Project High School
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Contributors
- Melanie DiLoreto (Committee Chair)Hongwei Yang (Committee Member)Timothy Harper (Committee Member)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 173
- Copyright
- Unpublished work © Heather Ann Medve
- Identifiers
- 99380461796706600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida