How to Convince Parents to Support Project-Based Learning at Home
Schooling has changed dramatically in the past 20 years and it can be difficult to communicate those changes to families who are now facilitating their children’s learning
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The Importance of Student Reflection in PBL
As schools continue to work through their experience from school closures during the last academic year, we are also preparing for the unknown of the upcoming school year.
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Learning Gets Real: PBL in the Classroom
Educators work with students. We get to know them and design instructional experiences to advance their learning. Doctors and nurses work with patients. They develop an understanding of
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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Ensuring PBL for All
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is not an event or a learning extension, but a learning process. It is a valuable experience for every learner, not just for a few.
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The Future of Future-Ready: How the Pandemic Changed Education
"So, just now that we've reopened our buildings, I'm able to sleep at night." Dr. Michele Eller is the assistant superintendent at
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Promoting Student Choice in Assessments
Now that the school year has started and hopefully we are making the transition into hybrid, distance or in-person learning, it is a good opportunity to think about
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STEM is Elementary
Kids spring into the world STEM-ready. From birth, they are problem-solvers trying to make sense of the world around them. They’re fascinated with building things—and with
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4 Factors for Determining How to Best Group Students in PBL
When teachers are first learning how to engage students in project-based learning (PBL), one question comes up most often: how should students be grouped? It’s a challenging
Read moreFull STEM curriculum to debut in Spanish
Defined Learning By: Ariana Fine Education technology company Defined Learning, announced that it is releasing its Defined STEM project-based learning materials in Spanish. The web-based curriculum resource will
Read moreTop 5 STEM Education Articles of April
By Maggie O'Brien Each month, we list articles on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and project-based learning (PBL) that we find exceptionally inspiring and
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