RESEARCH PCS curriculum developers rely heavily on current research on project based learning and other effective methods of improving student motivation, understanding, and concept retention. Primary research that PCS depends upon has come from several sources including the following:
Study of Educational Impact of the LEGO Dacta Materials - INFOSCUELA
October 1998 - January 1999
The Educational Impact of LEGO Dacta Materials
Sheffield Hallam University, UK, Spring 2001.
Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation from The National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century
September 2000STANDARDS The entire PCS BrickLab® series has been built from the ground up to correlate with National and International educational standards from the ITEA, ISTE, and NAEYC. For the Grade and Survey curricula, one of the most elegant aspects of the program is that it enables teachers to introduce and meet technological literacy standards while simultaneously reinforcing core curriculum topics already being taught. Teachers are being asked to work miracles, and the amount of content and standards they are required to meet becomes increasingly difficult each year.
The PCS BrickLab® curriculum makes that task easier by literally cutting the workload for a teacher in half - they can reinforce core academic requirements while meeting technology standards as well. Best of all, the kids love it and it is effective. Research used to direct the development of PCS BrickLab® shows that programs of this nature boost technology test scores 128% and math scores 64%.
Teachers are already working harder. PCS BrickLab® gives them a powerful new tool that enables them to work smarter.
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