Project-Based Learning (PBL)

Teachers can access a variety of resources from the National Park Service to set up engaging project-based learning units.

Denmark has fully embraced playful learning in its K–12 schools. We visited two schools to see the pedagogical approach in action.

With the proper scaffolding, students can provide feedback on their classmates’ projects in the target language.

With appropriate scaffolding, multilingual students can successfully engage in all phases of PBL.

Young children can develop their literacy skills as they experience the excitement of receiving their own mail.

A Vermont school program connected to local trades shows how experiential learning can boost engagement for middle and high school students.

Project-based learning that’s student-designed and relevant to their lives can have a profound impact.

Middle and high school teachers can boost engagement in social studies with project-based learning units for National History Day.

With shared emphases on inquiry, student voice, and choice, PBL and International Baccalaureate methods can combine to facilitate meaningful learning.

Assignments that are bigger than a lesson and smaller than a unit are a good way to experiment with inquiry-based learning.

People, places, and problems offer rich opportunities for real-world learning. This unit design framework ensures engaging, aligned learning objectives, experiences, and assessments.

Elementary students need rich content knowledge to become better readers and to be able to engage in project-based learning.

A new study shows that when implemented well, AP courses built around project-based learning can raise test scores for all students, including those in traditionally underserved demographics.

Researchers in Michigan showed that project-based learning in high-poverty communities can produce statistically significant gains in social studies and informational reading—see how they did it in this video.

One way to help students master skills is to let them cultivate their own English language arts content to explore. Here’s how.