A project-based curriculum may boost female (and probably male also) success in the science, technology, mathematics and engineering fields.

When researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute began surveying alumni to assess how their project-based curriculum impacted their students in the long term, they simply hoped to see that students did well after graduating.

That appeared to be true. But what also emerged was evidence that WPI’s approach to engineering education appeared to be substantially more effective for women, suggesting that a project-based curriculum may boost female success in the science, technology, mathematics and engineering fields.

By
Allie Grasgreen

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