PBL Blog

Four strategies for building reading, writing, and presentation skills.

A principal in a low-income community explains how his school meets students’ emotional needs using "Stoke Deck" activities from Stanford's d.school.

A secondary teacher provides 5 strategies for PBL units, such as leveled texts, graphic organizers, transition words, and text annotation, and more.

PBLWorks Editor in Chief John Larmer gives guidance for troubleshooting pitfalls and deciding which type of DQ fits your project.

How to avoid common misconceptions of why and when students need to work in teams in a project, such as "divide and conquer."

A kindergarten teacher explains how to co-create driving questions for projects with young children.

A powerful argument that all students are "ready" for PBL, with 8 strategies for scaffolding projects for English Learners.

A music teacher makes the case for PBL, with 3 sample project ideas from her concert choir, string orchestra, and ukulele classes.