Project-Based Science Instruction: Teaching Science for Understanding

The most challenging and often not well-understood science instructional approach is project-based science instruction (PBSI). In this paper, the concept "project-based science instruction" is examined by contrasting it with inquiry-based and problem-based instruction. The paper also addresses how to teach science for understanding using PBSI and ends by highlighting some of the policy implications associated with implementing this instructional approach in the classroom.