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Norms are the agreed upon rules that build a productive, self-driven, and respectful culture. These norms, especially when co-created with students, can serve as the “north star” or guiding philosophy for all that happens in a classroom.
Helping all students (including English Language Learners) become fluent in the language of a project’s targeted content is an essential part of teaching in a PBL classroom.
Throughout a project—particularly during the build knowledge and develop and critique phases—students are engaged in extended work time to complete project tasks.
In designing projects, we strive to have students doing the work of the world. Inviting those who actually do that work in the world into your project can be extremely powerful.
Exit tickets are brief formative assessments and/or reflection routines that students complete and submit at the end of a lesson or class period. This guide includes strategies for using exit tickets to support assessment and reflection within the context of PBL.
A learning log is a tool that students use during the project to keep track of their questions and learning generated through their research. This guide offers strategies for teaching students to use learning logs to support inquiry throughout a project.
In Project Based Learning, students should have regular opportunities to reflect, individually and with others, on both what and how they are learning. This guide provides a framework and strategies for supporting reflection on learning throughout a project.
At the beginning of the project, students are introduced to key content in an authentic context via a stimulus or hook, which in PBL we call an entry event.
The team contract is a document introduced at the start of each project that asks project teams to think through and agree on how students will individually contribute to the team, how the members will work together, and how problems will be solved when they arise.
We asked National Faculty how PBL can enhance teaching and learning in a variety of disciplines. Here's what they had to say.
Use this tool to plan for thoughtful collaboration with industry and community partners.
We asked National Faculty how PBL can enhance teaching and learning in a variety of disciplines. Here's what they had to say.
We asked National Faculty how PBL can enhance teaching and learning in a variety of disciplines. Here's what they had to say.
The EL Scaffolds for PBL document provides strategies & recommendations to support English Learners.
Ron Berger explains how his classroom culture helped students create high-quality products.
Overview of the why and what of PBLWorks' new model for designing rigorous, engaging projects.
We asked National Faculty how PBL can enhance teaching and learning in a variety of disciplines. Here's what they had to say.
We asked National Faculty how PBL can enhance teaching and learning in a variety of disciplines. Here's what they had to say.