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.
A Lego PBL Unit That Fosters Collaboration
Elementary students can learn a little about how AI works as they collaborate to design and build a cityscape.268Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Build a PBL Unit Around a Novel
A project focused on discovery and analysis allows students to read, collaborate, and demonstrate their knowledge as they make their way through a novel.Taking an Incremental Approach to PBL
This framework simplifies the process of setting up a project-based learning unit so that it feels manageable for teachers.237Your content has been saved!
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Having students design project-based learning units that influence their own communities can have a transformative impact on learning.355Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Promoting Authentic Learning With Multimedia Research Projects
Students can actively demonstrate their learning through inquiry-focused projects that promote creativity.195Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.8 Ways to Amp Up Science Assessments
A rich mix of assessments gives students creative opportunities to showcase learning—and delivers a more comprehensive picture of what they know.Designing Science Inquiry: Claim + Evidence + Reasoning = Explanation
The Claim, Evidence, Reasoning framework is a scaffolded way to teach the scientific method.32.6kYour content has been saved!
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Positioning AI as a mentor or simulator of real-world scenarios can promote student inquiry and aid project-based learning.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.10.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Tips for Helping Students Adjust to PBL
Students can experience the benefits of project-based learning with these incremental steps that support independent work.PBL for Pre-K Through Second Grade
Very young students can benefit from project-based learning, as these detailed steps for a project conducted by preschool students demonstrate.812Your 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.14.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.An Effective Strategy for Successful Group Work
Articulating what good teamwork looks like takes planning, reflection, and respect for student choice.How School Leaders Can Make Time for Teachers to Have Meaningful PBL Collaboration
Interdisciplinary collaboration is a key element of successful project-based learning, and school leaders can help make that happen.Project-Based Learning: Raising Student Achievement for All Learners
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.10.4kYour content has been saved!
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