Project Based Learning (PBL)

Systems of Differentiation

Project Based Learning

What is it?

Barriers

Experts

Advantages

Implementation

INDEX

Students actively participate in real-world activities to discover and learn the goal/objective. The main goal is the students creating the connections themselves and the teacher is there to guide in the right direction.

What is it?

Step 1: Identify an essential question to applies to the real-world. Step 2: Design an outline for the project. Step 3: Create a schedule for important due dates. Step 4: Create short formative assessments to monitor progress during the project. Step 5: Evaluate the final outcome to assess learning.

Implementation

• Be aware that every student learns differently.
• Be aware that every student learns at a different pace.
• Be able to push a lesson back if there needs to be remediation.

• Safe environment to learn
• Review material consistently to make sure it is engaging and relevant
• Create rigor
• Use formative assessments to drive instruction
• Create classroom norms so students know what is expected each time they arrive to class

Non-negotiables vs. Flexible

• Student-driven
• Increase in engagment
• Increase retention
• encourage high level thinking
• Becoming independent learners
• Promotes Collaboration
• Fosters creativity

Advantages

• Buy-in in the beginning if it is new to learners
• Planning time to create the project.
• Creating a system for it to run smoothly
• Every student sharing the workload evenly

Barriers

Resources Include:- News Articles -Online workshops On the PBLWorks Website -Books

• Dr. Jenny Pieratt is an expert.

Experts

THANKS!

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