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Combining Inquiry and PBL: 3 Guidelines for Success
High-Quality Project-Based Learning (PBL) provides opportunities for sustained inquiry over multiple working sessions. Transitioning to PBL involves shifts in planning, instruction, classroom management and teacher-student interaction. In my experience supporting
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Formative Assessment in PBL
The school year will soon be underway, and you’re probably already planning for your next round of PBL projects. One of the main questions you will need to answer
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PBL: A Team Effort
An instructional coach and media coordinator share how they collaborated to create an innovative and engaging PBL curriculum By Dr. Angela Mullennix During the most recent school year, I was
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To Connect Classes to Careers, Consider Erasing Grade Levels
Back in the early 1900s, John Dewey promoted the “learning by doing”approach to education, which would later become the foundation of project-based learning (PBL). This framework allows for students
Read MoreDigital Learning Platform Ties STEM Concepts to Real-World Problem Solving
“STEM is a growing interest across the United States, especially in our region, says Jason Braddock, instructional supervisor for secondary math and K-12 STEM at Mahoning Educational Service Center (ESC)
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Tips and Tools to Enhance Remote Learning Instruction
The past month has definitely been a challenging time in the world. We are experiencing unprecedented changes in our daily lives and in particular, in education. These changes have forced
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Congress Elementary Uses PBL in STEM Education to Inspire Students Part 1
The Problem As the first-grade teacher for inquisitive six-year-olds, Emily Morse is always looking for new projects to inspire her students. With a recent culture shift in her district to
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What is a Crosscutting Concept?
Crosscutting concepts are one of the three dimensions of science teaching and learning that are included in the performance expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards. In this post, I
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Why Parents and Teachers Should Treat Students Like Employees
As a language arts and STEM research teacher, I use project-based learning (PBL) to bring relevance to my lessons so students can learn to apply their knowledge in real-world settings.
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Defined STEM Awarded 4-Stars by Common Sense Education
"A stellar collection of STEM resources that support project-based learning" -Common Sense Education Defined STEM was recently rated 4-stars by Common Sense; the leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated
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