How-to Tips and Tools
A Tricky Part of PBL: Writing a Driving Question
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer gives guidance for troubleshooting pitfalls and deciding which type of DQ fits your project.
PBL Blog
How-to Tips and Tools
Why Collaboration is More Than “Group Work”
How to avoid common misconceptions of why and when students need to work in teams in a project, such as "divide and conquer."
Projects in Action
Open Your Classroom Door to CA State Parks: PBL & PORTS Program
An overview of 4 secondary science projects available free to teachers, aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards.
How-to Tips and Tools
Lowering the Driving (Question) Age
A kindergarten teacher explains how to co-create driving questions for projects with young children.
General PBL
Teaching the Curriculum vs. Using PBL is a False Dichotomy
The PBL Champion District award acceptance speech by Dr. Eric Wllliams at PBL World 2018, with a powerful reminder.
General PBL
Resource List: Critical Thinking in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice for building student competency in the 4 C's in Project Based Learning.
Gold Standard PBL: Design Elements
Resource List: Sustained Inquiry in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice of Project Based Learning.
General PBL
Resource List: Differentiation in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice of Project Based Learning.
General PBL
Resource List: Creativity in PBL
This resource list is intended to help teachers enhance their practice of Project Based Learning.
Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Scaffolding the PBL Shift
Even when we think that we’re “experts” at the craft of teaching PBL in a student centered fashion, we still need to be cognizant of our students’ experience level of owning their own learning.