P ROJECT B ASED L EARNING October 14, 2011 Dianne Matheis PBL for Student Learning

KWL – N EEDS TO KNOWS What do you know? What do you need to know?

W HAT IS PBL?

Doing Projects: teacher lectures, do worksheets, take test, and then do a project PBL: Students are pulled through the curriculum by a driving question or realistic problem that provides a “need to know” about the material. Lectures and readings are integrated into the problem as the students need the information. Know/ Need to Know PBL v. DOING PROJECT

D EVELOP AN IDEA W ORK FROM CURRENT EVENTS P ROBLEM THAT AFFECTS THE STUDENTS, SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY S ELECT STANDARDS C HOOSE ONE OR T WO D ECIDE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT DECIDE THE AUDIENCE I NCORPORATE S IMULTANEOUS O UTCOMES S CAFFOLDING S KILLS H ABITS OF MIND B EGIN WITH THE END IN M IND B ACKWARD DESIGN S ELECT 21 ST CENTURY SKILL C HOOSE ONE OR T WO

C RAFT THE D RIVING Q UESTION Driving questions should challenge student and sustain their interests. Driving questions are open-ended. Driving questions go to the heart of a topic. Driving questions are challenging. Driving question can arise from real-world dilemmas. Driving questions are consistent with curricular standards and framework.

P LANNING AND PREPARING Develop rubrics for content standard Map the project on a calendar Create the groups Develop scaffolding ideas Create entry document Create group contracts Create an engaging the project launch

S CAFFOLDING Open ended activities Promote higher level thinking Actively involve the students in the learning process Be tied to the overall objectives of the project Student errors may occur but with teacher or peer feedback, students gain knowledge Team leader learns from teacher, then teaches group members

P ROJECT K ICKOFF Entry Document Project Rubrics Create Groups Discuss and decide classroom norms Exchange group information Sign Group contacts

M ANAGING THE PROJECT Your role will be a coach/project manager Reinforce the driving question Revisit the knows and need to knows Communicate expectations by checking the group’s benchmarks Review project checklist of completed tasks with each group Update project plan to make adjustments as needed

P RESENTATION & REFLECTION Students present to a panel of experts or a group of people Students reflect and analyze the outcome of project Whole class debriefing Critical friends to each other Student and teacher create a self evaluation

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