Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Building PBL Culture by Bringing Yourself
The importance of relationships in PBL teaching, and how teachers can form closer connections to students.
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Leadership
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Reflection: A Key Ingredient to Successful Implementation of PBL
Every educator and leader driving the shift to Project Based Learning knows that pausing to reflect is paramount to the long-term
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How-to Tips and Tools
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.
Projects in Action
Four Ways to Think about Authenticity - Through the Lens of Gold Standard PBL Videos
How to make learning experiences “real” or “real-world” for students.
General PBL
Why High School Students Deserve Extended Challenges
Getting Smart's Tom Vander Ark argues for PBL units that tackle real-world problems, instead of typical worksheet-based and test-prep instruction.
How-to Tips and Tools
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.
How-to Tips and Tools
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.
Choosing Progressive Education for Modern Learning
A new book on how education urgently needs to make the shift to John Dewey’s ideas about how people actually learn.
Projects in Action
Fostering Serendipity in PBL
How a powerful, engaging border-land project on immigration led to connections with real-world organizations and issues.
How-to Tips and Tools
Embed Literacy into STEM Projects
Four strategies for building reading, writing, and presentation skills.