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Learning Circles & PBL

Learning Circles & PBL. Chris Hockert IEARN Project Facilitator & Ambassador chockert@Comcast.net. Learning Circles Project Based Learning Projects. Global Collaboration Project Cooperative & Inclusive Group Work Student Centered & Directed Learning Standards Based = Not an Add ON

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Learning Circles & PBL

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  1. Learning Circles & PBL Chris Hockert IEARN Project Facilitator & Ambassador chockert@Comcast.net

  2. Learning Circles Project Based Learning Projects • Global Collaboration Project • Cooperative & Inclusive Group Work • Student Centered & Directed Learning • Standards Based = Not an Add ON • Timeline to complete project • Assessment Rubric

  3. Learning Circles & Project Based Learning • Driving questions are aligned with or derived from content standards • Projects can increase student motivation to read, write, and learn mathematics because they are engaged by the topic • Artifacts are not as important as the intellectually challenging tasks that lead to their creation. Rigorous project meet a complex challenge and address a Driving Question. • Design projects well, align with standards, manage it well, and time is used efficiently. • Projects can provide ESL and students with disabilities a chance to show their strengths and feel included.

  4. Learning Circles & Project Based Learning • A well designed & implemented project helps students understand how school connects to the outside world. • Well designed & implemented project can improve students’ retention of knowledge over time. • PBL increases student engagement in learning and helps improve the performance of lower-achieving students. • PBL is more effective than traditional instruction in increasing academic achievement. • PBL increases mastery of 21st century skills. • Increase students’ achievement on state-administered, standardized tests.

  5. Learning Circles & Project Based Learning Common Project ideas include: • Exploration of a philosophical question “What makes a healthy school?” • Investigation of historical event, time period or natural phenomenon • Create a problem solving situation either real or fictitious • Examine a controversial issue “Should students be allowed to use cell phones in school? • Challenge to design a physical or computer based artifact, develop a plan, or produce an event • Challenge to create a piece of writing, multimedia, or work of art

  6. Learning Circles & Project Based Learning • Project Template Document • Project teaching rubric • TN curriculum standards links document

  7. Learning Circles & Project Based Learning • Resources: • PBL in the Elementary Grades Step by Step Guidance, Tools & Tips for Standards-Focused K-5 Projects by Buck Institute for Education

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