In addition to providing professional development to in-service teachers, the STEM PBL
project will also create a model course in PBL methodology using the STEM PBL
Challenges for technology and engineering education (TEE) majors (pre-service middle and
high-school teachers). To accomplish this goal, an existing required classroom course in
instructional methods at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) is being adapted to
include PBL theory and applications. The course, TE 399, is currently offered once per year
and the new PBL-based version will be delivered for the first time in spring 2011. TE 399 is
required of all TEE undergraduates at CCSU and students must have taken at least one
practicum course in the program and achieved junior status prior to enrolling. A course
description follows: