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=Purpose:= The articles main focus was to use the project-based learning as a way to increase student achievement. Project-based instruction is a very complex inquiry based approach to learning and each project could take up to 6 or 7 weeks. The main goal is to increase the students knowledge, while developing cooperation and collaboration between peers and the community. =Results:= The results of the study showed that after the project-based activity students learning motivation, attitude and problem solving abilities increased. In interviews it was found that students enjoyed the as a group the project based learning activity more then the normal teaching. =Thoughts:= The article did very well at explaining all aspects of the study. Although the study method was more qualitative with the interviews then quantitative it did a very good job in showing how students improved over the period of time that they did this project-based learning. This would be a very successful strategy to use in any classroom and not just science.

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