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Summer Reads To Deepen Your PBL Practice

At PBLWorks, we’re incredibly fortunate to have a number of National Faculty and staff members who are not only passionate educators, but also published authors. In this blog, we’re excited to highlight their books—essential reads for anyone looking to deepen their practice and stay inspired all summer long.

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.

bulletin board with "i likes" and "I wonders" around a Gallery Walk (project)

Using a Gallery Walk for Formative Assessment in PBL

An excerpt from the book Project Based Teaching, explaining the purpose and structure of a feedback protocol.

How-to Tips and Tools

PBL and Inclusive Literacy: The Freedom of Student Voice

How to create a PBL culture inclusive to all learners, ensure all voices are heard, and ground PBL instruction in inclusive practices.

Teacher helping student with an assignment

Gold Standard PBL: Design Elements

Gold Standard PBL: Critique and Revision

PBLWorks National Faculty members discuss how to build students' skills in giving helpful critique, including low-stakes practice sessions and using rubrics with exemplars.

Why PBL

Making the Case for Project Based Learning Curriculum: Why We Built It and Why You Might Need It

Discover how high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL) curriculum supports K–12 teachers with standards-aligned, real-world, student-centered learning.

General PBL

PBL Champions 2018: Malama Honua School, Loudoun County Schools, Laura McBain

A director at the Stanford d.school shares her learning journey at PBL World 2018 and encourages PBL teachers to honor their own and their students' struggle.

How-to Tips and Tools

Rethinking Distance Learning, and How to Make It Work for All Students

Building self-management skills, keeping connected, and making learning meaningful even if students don’t have tech access at home.

How-to Tips and Tools

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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General PBL

Research Brief: What can we learn from John Hattie about Project Based Teaching? – Part 4

The former director of the Buck Institute for Education connects the findings of researcher John Hattie to Project Based Teaching and our model of Gold Standard Project Based Learning.

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Summer Reads To Deepen Your PBL Practice

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