Topic: Project Learning

ESSENTIALS

The why, what, and how of effective project learning.

• Topic Focus: Why Teach with Project Learning?
• Start with the Pyramid: Real-World Issues Motivate Students
• PBL Research Summary: Studies Validate Project-Based Learning
• New Skills for a New Century: Students Thrive on Cooperation and Problem Solving
• Expert Interviews

FEATURED CONTENT

• Voyages of Discovery: Five-Year-Olds Explore Through PBL

  Student-driven projects, enhanced by technology, launch kindergartners on their way to lifelong learning.

• How To: Get Students to Use New Skills

  Teachers use a practitioner model to move away from memorizing and encourage depth of learning.

• Geometry in the Real World: Students as Architects

  Through project learning, geometry becomes relevant as well as rigorous.

• Biotech Academy: Challenging Assumptions and Changing Lives

  This school-within-a-school puts the emphasis on project-focused academics and a future career.

• Real Math: Eeva Reeder on Projects and Assessment

  A high school teacher makes geometry come alive through applied learning.

NEW CONTENT AND PROJECT-LEARNING ARCHIVE:

View our complete library on project learning, which includes articles, media clips, and interviews.

FEATURED VIDEO: Learning by Design: The Build San Francisco Institute's School-to-Career Program

Architectural projects and internships help students build math and science skills. Running Time: 9 min.

MORE VIDEO:

• A Product of Learning: King Middle School

  A school uses technology to help provide top-of-the-line education for all students.

• Learning on Purpose: South Grand Prairie High School

  Wall-to-wall career academies and a transition program for ninth graders.

• Turning On the Switch: ASCEND School

  The ASCEND School embraces expeditionary learning -- and success.

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