Overview
How does project-based learning and teaching differ from traditional learning and teaching? Activities
What are the benefits of project-based learning and teaching?
What are the characteristics of projects?
What do projects look like? Typical middle school projects.
How does Activity-based Instruction become Project-based Learning? (View this PPT and suggest how to change activities into projects.)
PBL Resources
What steps are taken to design a project?
Why should you include 21st Century skills with state or national standards and learning objectives in your project design?
How do Driving/Essential Questions frame the learning?
What makes an effective project activity?
How do you assess non-traditional skills and learning objectives?
What role does an assessment timeline play in project-based learning and teaching?
How do you grade projects?
Organization
Management
Tasks and Activities
Guiding Learning
Socratic Questioning - Coaching students - Reflection - Cognitive Coachingsm
Collaboration, Cooperative learning, and Self-direction
Technology Literacy/Information Literacy
Project Learning: An Overview
Seymour Papert, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is among a growing group of scholars who support project learning. Read a short introductory article or watch a brief introductory video from Edutopia.com
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.