The effectiveness of our educational programs is evident in our research.
Field Investigations: Using Outdoor Environments to Foster Student Learning of Scientific Processes - June 2009 (PDF)
An introduction to scientific methodologies used in field research and a guide to the process of conducting descriptive and comparative field studies.
PEI Research Summary – August 2007 (PDF)
An Environmental Education Assessment Project now managed by the Pacific Education Institute (PEI) was created in 1998 to study and report on the assumption that using the environment to integrate subject areas results in measurable improvements in student learning.
List of Technical Reports – July 2007 (PDF)
A list of technical reports published by the Pacific Education Institute and their associates.
PEI Professional Development Program (PDF)
The approach that PEI brings to participating school districts.
Research Connects Learning to Standards (PDF)
A resource that highlights key research and statistics supporting the connection between environment-based learning and state standardized tests.
Benefits for Students and Communities (PDF)
A list of benefits that PEI’s programs provide students and their communities.
Learning about the Environment Makes Rigorous Education Come Alive (PDF)
A diagram of the current challenge facing students and the school districts, PEI’s approach to addressing the challenge, and the outcomes that result from their work.
School Sciences and Mathematics – January 2007 (PDF)
A Comparative Model of Field Investigations: Aligning School Science Inquiry with the Practices of Contemporary Science.