Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning
P.C. Blumenfeld, E. Soloway, et al. 1991 Educational Psychologist v. 26, n. 3/4, p. 369-398.

Project-based learning is a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning that is designed to engage students in investigation of authentic problems. In this article, we present an argument for why projects have the potential to help people learn; indicate factors in project design that affect motivation and thought; examine difficulties that students and teachers may encounter with projects; and describe how technology can support students and teachers as they work on projects, so that motivation and thought are sustained.

Resource Type: Book
Research on Learning: Cognitive Domain:Misconceptions/barriers to learning, Affective Domain:Student Motivation, Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Inquiry-Based Learning