Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Project-based learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire transferable knowledge.
How to Identify Problems That Students Care About Solving
Finding worthwhile challenges for project-based learning can be tough. Here are a few approaches that work well.3.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How Accessible Tech Can Promote Empathy and Collaboration
A middle school design and technology teacher breaks down a three-project unit that nicely overlaps with STEAM content.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.When Good Research Gets Implemented Badly
As brilliant ideas move from academic journals into classrooms, many important nuances are lost.Teaching a Deeper Understanding of Language With a Yearlong Word Journal
Guiding elementary students to dive into learning about how a single word can boost their curiosity and vocabulary skills.Preschool Project-Based Learning Is Doable With These Mindsets
Teachers can use these tips to guide explorations of students’ natural interests and document their learning.283Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Designing Science Inquiry: Claim + Evidence + Reasoning = Explanation
The Claim, Evidence, Reasoning framework is a scaffolded way to teach the scientific method.594.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Project-Based Learning to Connect Your Students With Peers in Other Countries
A collaboration between middle school students in Colorado and India can serve as a model for having students tackle real-world issues.1.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Giving Students a Choice in How They Will Demonstrate Their Learning
When assessments aren’t just about a grade, students can experience a classroom filled with creativity, engagement, and evidence of their learning.8.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Inquiry-Based Tasks in Social Studies
Assignments that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.207.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.6 Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project-Based Learning
Reflecting on learning and student voice and choice are core elements of project-based learning, and they’re also key to differentiation.277.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Projects, Purpose, and the Teenage Mind
Neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on why adolescent students search for deeper meaning—and what that tells us about designing schools that engage teens.Fostering Metacognition to Make Project-Based Learning Units More Meaningful
Middle school teachers can use a variety of prompts to support deep learning that students will be able to apply in new situations.Streamlining Project-Based Learning Units With an Easy Checkpoint System
Teachers can use this five-step framework to systematically guide students to emphasize academic decisions over task completion.3.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Implementing a PBL Design Challenge in Your School
A weeklong, schoolwide project-based learning challenge encourages students to try to tackle meaningful problems.13.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Projects and Project-Based Learning: What’s The Difference?
Ever wondered what makes rigorous PBL different from a typical project? With the help of classrooms around the world, we can show you.159.6kYour content has been saved!
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