Running head: PBL IN ACTION: EFFECTS OF GLOBALED 2 1 PBL in action: Effects of GlobalEd 2 on students’ motivation related to science and social studies in middle school Mariya Yukhymenko 1 , Scott W. Brown 1 , Mark A. Boyer 1 , Kimberly A. Lawless 2 , Andrew Cutter 1 , Gregory Mullin 1 , Gregory Williams 1 , Nicole Powell 1 , Maria Fernanda Enriquez 1, Kamila Brodowinska 2 , Daniel O’Brien 2 , & Gena Khodos 2 1 University of Connecticut 2 University of Illinois at Chicago Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Research Association in Rocky Hill, CT on October 20, 2010. Correspondence: Mariya A. Yukhymenko, M.A. Graduate Student of Educational Psychology University of Connecticut 249 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2064 Storrs, CT 06269-2064 Mariya.yukhymenko@uconn.edu