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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.
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How to Strengthen Your PBL Plan Amid Teacher Turnover and Workforce Shifts
Discover strategies for school leaders to strengthen PBL, support teacher retention, and navigate workforce transformation in today’s K–12 education.
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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.
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Ethnic Studies: A Vital Focus for Great Projects
A resource list for teachers for designing PBL units where students explore topics related to race, culture, and history.
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Overcoming 3 Pitfalls in Planning Interdisciplinary Projects
How a team of high school teachers calendars their time and collaborates to create successful PBL units for their students.
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Organizing a Parent PBL Night
How a school introduces parents to PBL by having them experience a "project slice" activity.
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PBL and Literacy: A Perfect Match for Elementary Schools
A thorough look at how reading and writing goals can be integrated with with other standards in projects.
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How to Get Started Planning a Full Year of PBL
A middle school teacher explains how she uses her curriculum as more than just a checklist, by combining literacy goals with concepts from other subjects in her projects.
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How to Get Higher-Quality Student Work in PBL
PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer offers 5 tips for teachers, including rubrics, formative assessment, time for revision, authenticity, and a culture of quality.
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PBL School Collaboration: 3 Strategies for School Leaders
A principal explains how she uses professional learning communities, models PBL practices in staff meetings, and promotes reflection based on student work.