PBL Blog

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.

The principal of a PBL school in a low-income community explains how he leverages local experts and audiences.

A parent describes a school visit that led her to see parallels in two pedagogical approaches.

How design thinking at Stanford's d.school shares common features with Gold Standard PBL.

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.

Ask students to "deal critically with reality" and "discover how to participate in the transformation of their world."

3 ways to help administrators, community members, or other teachers understand what they see when visiting a PBL classroom.

A comparison of the distinctions and alignment between two ways of describing PBL.