In the article Project Based Learning by Suzie Boss, we learn about the history and benefits of using projects to teach. Teaching by simply having students go through lessons may work to teach theoretical problem solving, or to teach them facts from research that are likely to be quickly forgotten, by using a project based curriculum to teach, the student is more likely to learn teamwork. Also because the student is associating the knowledge with an activity, as well as using multiple styles of learning, the information is more likely to be retained in the long term. Perhaps the most important benefit of project based learning though, is that students will learn how to take information and knowledge and apply it to real world situations and use them for real problem solving.
