The PBL Quick Start Guide for Teachers is for educators interested in starting or continuing their journey to become more project-ready. Tips for using this guide: Determine a few goals from the Quick Start Guide that you want to work on; Make a plan for how you will work to accomplish your goals; Identify what evidence or artifacts you will collect to demonstrate you are progressing towards your PBL goals; and Share what you worked on or collected with your team or colleagues
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.
Read about project-based learning ideas that have your students collaborate with peers around the world and apply their learning to make a difference.
We know that PBL can be a powerful tool to eliminate achievement gaps and help students of all backgrounds develop critical 21st-century learning skills that prepare them to thrive. But how do we ensure that PBL is accessible to all learners?
Hands-on, creative, and design-centered learning are elements of “maker learning.” Maker learning, and its core values of agency, authenticity and, audience, is important to teachers, leaders, parents, and especially students. Learn more about Digital Promise’s Maker Learning Initiative.
The Challenge Based Learning user guide is for everyone (students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members) interested in building learning communities focused on identifying Challenges and implementing thoughtful and sustainable solutions.
The Buck Institute for Education has assembled a wide array of PBL-related resources created by BIE and collected from fellow PBL travelers. The resources are organized into three broad categories: things to read, to watch, or to interact with.
Online courses have the potential to improve instruction at every level of education. Adaptive online courses can allow students to learn at their own pace, with material adjusting to fit the needs of both advanced and remedial learners. Online courses can also open up more curricular offerings in schools that lack specialists, such as those in rural areas.
How can we foster and encourage successful learning, where students apply knowledge, build connections, think critically — and retain important knowledge over time? Retrieval Practice
This blog shares classroom strategies to help classroom teachers motivate their students. Autonomy in learning, relatedness, and competence are discussed.
This literature review, published in partnership with Stanford University’s Center to Support Excellence in Teaching, summarizes findings from existing research on teacher coaching and explores the following questions: What is the role of technology in the 21st century classroom? How do we best provide teachers with the time, support, and space to learn how to use new technological tools and resources effectively and to support deeper learning?
CIRCL gathered 22 scientists to report on emerging research-based designs, ideas, and progress related to cyberlearning (research projects that investigate emerging technology and emerging learning sciences)
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