Research & Scholarly Articles
Project-Based Storypath is an inquiry-based approach grounded in constructivist learning theory. Placing students at the center of the learning endeavor in the co-construction of a narrative is a powerful approach to learning that capitalizes on students’ assets and identities.
Stevahn, L., & McGuire, M. E. (2025). Storypath: How civic advocacy through creating music empowers civic and political thinking in elementary classrooms. The Journal of Social Studies Research, 49(2), pp. 117-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/23522798241300325
Stevahn, L., McGuire, M.E. & Pihl, K. (2022). Cooperative problem solving for environmental civic engagement: Exploring Storypath’s impact on young learners, International Journal of Educational Research, 116.
McGuire, M.E., Stevahn, L. & Bronsther Wennik, S. (2019). Storypath: A powerful tool for engaging children in civic education, Democracy and Education. 27(2), Article 4. https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol27/iss2/4
Morris, T., McGuire, M.E., & Walker, B. (2017). Integrating social studies and social skills for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities: A mixed methods study. The Journal of Social Studies Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. jssr.2017.04.
Stevahn, L.& McGuire, M.E. (2017). The plot thickens: supporting pre-service teachers in authentic use of cooperative learning through the Storypath instructional approach, Journal of Education for Teaching, DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2017.1321674
Ahlquist, S. (2015). The Storyline approach: Promoting learning through cooperation in the second language classroom. Education, 43(1), 40– 54.
Emo, W., & Wells, J. (2014). Storyline: Enhancing learning and teaching through co- constructed narrative. Psychology of Education Review, 38(2), 23– 27.
Mitchell- Barrett, R. (2010) An analysis of the Storyline method in primary school; Its theoretical underpinnings and its impact on pupils’ intrinsic motivation (Doctoral dissertation). Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom. Retrieved from http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/ 487/
Harkness, S. (2007). Storyline – an approach to effective teaching and learning. In S. Bell, S. Harkness & G. White (Eds.), Storyline: Past, present, and future (pp.19–26). Glasgow: Enterprising Careers, University of Strathclyde.
Fair Go Project. (2006). School is for me: Pathways to student engagement.
New South Wales Department of Education and Training.