How-to Tips and Tools
Roles in PBL: 3 Approaches For Organizing Group Tasks
One of the easiest ways to structure work is to provide roles for students during the project.
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How One Magnet School Built Its Identity Around Project Based Learning
Borton shows how a deep commitment to PBL and systems thinking can drive equity, attract families, and create lasting success. We
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Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Deeper Learning Performance Assessment Resource
The Performance Assessment Resource Bank curated by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) is a useful place to start.
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3 Ways to Manage the Messy Middle of a Project
After the entry event to launch the project, it’s time to start managing the workflow. And that’s where things can get a bit tricky.
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High-Quality PBL is…
A collection of answers to the question, "What word would you use to describe high quality PBL?" from participants at PBL World.
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It Takes a System for High Quality PBL
How school district leaders work on coherence, culture, capacity building, and continuous improvement.
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Traditional School Imperils Kids; They Need to Be Innovators
Ted Dintersmith, producer of the film "Most Likely to Succeed," calls for radical change in our education system.
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Using the Need to Know List to Support Gold Standard PBL Teaching
How a list of students' questions for inquiry should be used at the beginning, middle, and end of a project.
An Appeal to Teachers: Consider a Pre-Planned Vacation
I have a friend whose parents were not the traveling types. Not that they didn’t love the idea of traveling to new lands and
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How My Project-Based School Prepared Me for Columbia
A reflection by a recent college graduate on how her PBL-using high school gave her an advantage over peers who had only experienced traditional instruction.