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Project Based L earning: adding RIGOR into your lesson

Project Based L earning: adding RIGOR into your lesson. 2012-2013. Project based learning begins with an understanding of a clearly defined end product. http://www.projectapproach.org / site that takes you to different projects for lower grades. Seven Elements of Project-Based Learning.

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Project Based L earning: adding RIGOR into your lesson

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  1. Project Based Learning:adding RIGOR into your lesson 2012-2013

  2. Project based learning begins with an understanding of a clearly defined end product. • http://www.projectapproach.org/ site that takes you to different projects for lower grades

  3. Seven Elements of Project-Based Learning • Standards Based • Assessment including rubrics • Student Centered • Collaboration • Real World Connection • Extended Time Frame • Multimedia Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project: http://pblmm.k12.ca.us

  4. Projects are a way for students to go deeper into the subject matter and use higher order thinking skills. • Real life • Previous knowledge • Solution • Engaged • Remember rather than memorize RIGOR!!!! Projects have been shown to foster teamwork, self management, and critical thinking skills. These are life skills that are needed to be successful not only throughout one’s schooling but also as one enters into their career.

  5. How Do I Begin? These are located in both reading and math teacher editions. • Planning • Begin with an “Essential Question” • What is important to your students • What is the deep learning--the enduring understanding • What are the necessary skills • Standards • Prerequisite knowledge (prior knowledge) • Prerequisite skills • Skills and knowledge to be embedded into the project

  6. Traditional Instruction Emphasizes Project Based Learning Emphasizes • Scope and sequence • Follows fixed curriculum • Proceeds block by block, unit by unit • Narrow, discipline-based focus • Scope and sequence • Follows student interest http://www.richland.k12.wi.us/HS/GT/Interest_Surveys.htm • Large units composed of complex problems or issues • Broad, interdisciplinary focus Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php

  7. Traditional Instruction Emphasizes Project Based Learning Emphasizes • Focus of assessment • Process and products • Tangible accomplishments • Criterion performances and gains over time • Demonstration of understanding • Focus of assessment • Products • Test scores • Comparisons with others • Reproduction of information Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php

  8. Traditional Instruction Emphasizes Project Based Learning Emphasizes • Classroom context • Students working alone • Students competing with one another • Students receiving information from an instructor • Classroom context • Students working in groups • Students collaborating with one another • Students constructing, contributing, and synthesizing information Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php

  9. Assessment McTighe J, Wiggins G (op cit)

  10. Video resources differentiate for each grade level • http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-guide-resources

  11. RUBRICShttp://www.tcboe.org/?DivisionID=2651&DepartmentID=6090&ToggleSideNavRUBRICShttp://www.tcboe.org/?DivisionID=2651&DepartmentID=6090&ToggleSideNav

  12. Getting Started • Start small. Begin with a project lasting only a few class periods. • Define the project and the objectives carefully and clearly. Have the objectives align with both process and content standards. • Give students a timeline so that they know exactly what is expected and when the project is due. • Look for projects that are already written. Check newer textbooks or the Internet. • Design your assessment plan in advance. Share the rubric you will use with the students before they begin the project. If possible, show students samples of what you expect, including project documentation and the end product itself. http://www.tcboe.org/?DivisionID=2651&DepartmentID=6090&ToggleSideNav http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/project-based-learning-in-mathematics

  13. General Math • Teach 21 PBL - Math by grade level - 50+ projects - grades 3-8Intel PBL - Various math projects - 17 projects - grades K-12ASA - Census at School - statistics & data analysis - grades 4-12

  14. Sample ideas • Math project in teacher text folder (beginning of the book) • Performance assessment • (student book at end of unit and teacher folder towards the back) • Tracking hurricanes • All about me math poster • Fraction Sunday Project (PIS Teachers) • Bury Ye Own Treasure (PIS Teachers) • http://www.tcboe.org/?DivisionID=2651&DepartmentID=6090&ToggleSideNav • http://alex.state.al.us • What ideas do you have????

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