Systematic review finds that studies of PjBL in kindergarten and elementary students yield inconclusive results, with six of eleven studies showing significant improvement for PjBL groups¶

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q2 i? Of eleven included studies, six showed significant improvement for students trained through PjBL compared to other methods, three obtained improvements through both methods without comparisons, one found no significant difference, and one reported no quantitative data. → Ferrero Marta 2021

Evidence¶

Ferrero Marta 2021¶

Ferrero Marta, Vadillo Miguel A., León Samuel P. (2021). Is project-based learning effective among kindergarten and elementary students? A systematic review. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249627

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Systematic review of eleven pre-post controlled studies of PjBL in kindergarten to grade 6. The review reports mixed outcomes: "six studies showed significant improvement of students trained through PjBL compared to students trained with other methods" while others did not. No meta-analysis was performed.

"six studies showed significant improvement of students trained through PjBL compared to students trained with other methods; three studies obtained improvements through both methods (without making comparisons between the experimental and control groups); one study found no significant difference between PjBL and other types of training; and the remaining study reported no quantitative data."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The evidence base for PjBL in kindergarten and elementary education is very small: eleven articles comprising 722 students aged 6 to 11 — related