Alignment analysis of teaching–learning-assessment within the classroom: how teachers implement project-based learning under the curriculum standards
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| Title: | Alignment analysis of teaching–learning-assessment within the classroom: how teachers implement project-based learning under the curriculum standards |
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| Authors: | Liu Zhao, Bo Zhao, Chunmi Li |
| Source: | Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-23 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | SpringerOpen, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Theory and practice of education LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: | Alignment, Content analysis, Project-based learning, Curriculum standards, Teaching objectives, Classroom instruction activities, Theory and practice of education, LB5-3640, Science |
| Description: | Abstract This multi-case study examined the strengths and weaknesses of aligning teaching–learning-assessment of classroom project-based learning to curriculum standards and offered suggestions for teacher training and instructional improvement. The study constructed an alignment analysis framework for analyzing the cognitive dimension of classroom project-based learning and analyzed the situation of two junior high schools in Zhejiang Province using deductive and inductive content analysis. According to the results, the cognitive demands of classroom instruction activities and classroom assessments were much higher than those of teaching objectives and curriculum standards. Simultaneously, classroom instruction paid insufficient attention to engineering topics, and all instructional implementation elements exhibited content and cognitive deficiencies. The study suggests that teachers' dearth of engineering knowledge and the characteristics of project-based learning in the classroom are the primary reasons for the lack of alignment among three instructional implementation elements with curriculum standards. Similarly, it was discovered that classroom project-based learning has the characteristics of co-development of physical knowledge and engineering content and that future research can focus on developing more effective forms of classroom content organization and time distribution. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2662-2300 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2662-2300 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s43031-023-00078-1 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/0f2382155eff451ba47d960cc6acb38b |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.0f2382155eff451ba47d960cc6acb38b |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Abstract This multi-case study examined the strengths and weaknesses of aligning teaching–learning-assessment of classroom project-based learning to curriculum standards and offered suggestions for teacher training and instructional improvement. The study constructed an alignment analysis framework for analyzing the cognitive dimension of classroom project-based learning and analyzed the situation of two junior high schools in Zhejiang Province using deductive and inductive content analysis. According to the results, the cognitive demands of classroom instruction activities and classroom assessments were much higher than those of teaching objectives and curriculum standards. Simultaneously, classroom instruction paid insufficient attention to engineering topics, and all instructional implementation elements exhibited content and cognitive deficiencies. The study suggests that teachers' dearth of engineering knowledge and the characteristics of project-based learning in the classroom are the primary reasons for the lack of alignment among three instructional implementation elements with curriculum standards. Similarly, it was discovered that classroom project-based learning has the characteristics of co-development of physical knowledge and engineering content and that future research can focus on developing more effective forms of classroom content organization and time distribution. |
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| ISSN: | 26622300 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s43031-023-00078-1 |