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Don’t Ditch the Rigor When the Going Gets Rough
Advice from a teacher about not giving up key features of a project, even if implementation challenges arise.
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Not Your Typical Conference: What Sets PBL World Apart
It feels almost unfair to talk about summer right now. The days are still packed with grading, lesson planning, meetings, and the
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5 Breakthroughs to Overcome the PBL Plateau Effect
How to make sure projects stay fresh and maintain students’ enthusiasm.
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Student Voice and Choice in the Elementary Grades
A 3rd grade teacher explains how she gave students four opportunities to make choices in a Heroes Museum project.
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4 Tips to Unlock the Power of Protocols
A teacher's advice for making sure critique protocols work well with students.
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Building a PBL Classroom Culture with Reflective Conversations in Restorative Circles
A high school teacher using the Students Rebuild/PBLWorks “Hunger” project explains an effective process for student reflection.
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Future-Oriented STEM Projects Make Students Agents of Change
A STEM teacher makes the case for using PBL to explore topics such as biomimicry and gene editing.
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Beginning With the End in Mind: Making Project Products Clear to Students
5 tips for aligning learning goals with products to help ensure quality work.
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Designing to the Edges: Using Universal Design for Learning in PBL
A teacher explains how she moved from Differentiated Instruction to scaffolding that benefits all students.
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Project Based Writing: A Useful Tool at Every Stage
How to include writing for formative and summative assessment at every stage of a project, in all subject areas.