How-to Tips and Tools
Voice and Vision: Engaging Students in School Design
How a rural elelmentary school launched its program by involving students in planning a garden project.
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How-to Tips and Tools
How to Improve (or Abandon) Some “Classic” Initial Ideas for Projects
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer suggests ways to make typical projects more rigorous, engaging, and aligned with Gold Standard PBL.
How-to Tips and Tools
Creating a Culture of Belonging
The principal of a low-income school tells how its staff involved parents & students in design thinking and modeled the PBL process.
PBL and Equity
We Learn by Doing: What Educators Get Wrong About Bloom’s Taxonomy
PBL thought leader Ron Berger of EL Education points out equity issues when some students are kept at lower levels of thinking.
PBL and Equity
Students’ Basic Needs Must Be Met Before They Can Learn Deeply
Bob Lenz and John Larmer of PBLWorks call for equitable access to PBL for all students, from clean classrooms to safety to literacy.
How-to Tips and Tools
Making Project Based Learning a Gift for the Gifted
High-achieving students can face their own challenges in PBL; here are 4 ways to provide scaffolding for them.
How-to Tips and Tools
Scheduling an Interdisciplinary Project
How a PBL high school made time for project work and content learning in math, ELA, PE, art, Spanish, and digital media classes.
How-to Tips and Tools
Facilitating More Equitable and Inclusive Student Teamwork
The director of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Center for PBL explains how to use asset mapping and team charters.
Using a Gallery Walk for Formative Assessment in PBL
An excerpt from the book Project Based Teaching, explaining the purpose and structure of a feedback protocol.
How-to Tips and Tools
3 Keys to Design & Plan for Rigor
How teachers plan PBL units in any subject by using the CCSS math concepts of conceptual understanding, procedural skills and fluency, and application.