Posts about Project-Based Learning
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 their patients’
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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. It’s
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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 Chickasaw City
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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 options that
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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 taking things
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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 question because
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 educational. Topics
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How to Develop Future-Ready Students
We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist … using technologies that haven’t been invented … in order to solve problems we don’t even know are
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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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