PBL Blog

How to avoid common misconceptions of why and when students need to work in teams in a project, such as "divide and conquer."

A kindergarten teacher explains how to co-create driving questions for projects with young children.

A powerful argument that all students are "ready" for PBL, with 8 strategies for scaffolding projects for English Learners.

A high school social studies teacher discusses how giving choices for content, texts, and products in projects promotes equity.

A music teacher makes the case for PBL, with 3 sample project ideas from her concert choir, string orchestra, and ukulele classes.

An elementary teacher gives 5 suggestions for a "PBL Support Team" including resource teachers, librarians, local organizations, and families.

Tips for sorting students' questions at project launch, and using the list to track progress during a project.

How to provide structure within a project with a framework for inquiry, drafting of work, and reflection.

How to avoid 2 common traps and find the key to good project: authenticity.

How a teacher coached a young “math person” who struggled with the open-endedness of a project about starting a business.