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Embed Literacy into STEM Projects
Four strategies for building reading, writing, and presentation skills.
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A Lesson Learned On Working With Experts in PBL: How To Prepare Them and Your Students
In my second year of teaching, I had the opportunity to mentor a group of fifth-grade students as part of the IB Primary Years
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Stoking the Culture for PBL: Using Icebreakers & Energizers to Engage All Learners
A principal in a low-income community explains how his school meets students’ emotional needs using "Stoke Deck" activities from Stanford's d.school.
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PBL & Literacy: Teaching Reading While on a Learning Journey
A secondary teacher provides 5 strategies for PBL units, such as leveled texts, graphic organizers, transition words, and text annotation, and more.
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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.
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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."
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Lowering the Driving (Question) Age
A kindergarten teacher explains how to co-create driving questions for projects with young children.
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PBL with English Language Learners: A Vital Need
A powerful argument that all students are "ready" for PBL, with 8 strategies for scaffolding projects for English Learners.
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Equity in PBL Social Studies Classes Through Student Choice
A high school social studies teacher discusses how giving choices for content, texts, and products in projects promotes equity.
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PBL in Music: Driving Questions Invoke Deeper Musical Learning
A music teacher makes the case for PBL, with 3 sample project ideas from her concert choir, string orchestra, and ukulele classes.