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Article: Using Hypermedia and Multimedia to Promote Project-Based Learning of At-Risk High School Students.
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- Intervention in School & Clinic
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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The term at-risk in this article refers to those students who are in danger of dropping out of school (Rodriguez, 1997). Often, these students have low self-esteem resulting from persistently low academic achievement. One possible reason for academic failure is a mismatch between the student's needs and the curricular expectations. Consequently, it is important to plan to meet individual student needs appropriately and minimize the rate of dropouts. Planning more appropriately requires individualization of goals and curricula.
One approach to individualized planning includes project-based learning, which is the integration of community service with academic ...