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Combining PBL with ALP in the Writing Class

Combining PBL with ALP in the Writing Class. Susan Waldman Leeward Community College Pearl City, Hawaii. What is PBL?. Learning by doing something real (Ostrander) Personally meaningful (Larimer and Morgendoller) Problem-solving strategies (Jolly and Jacob).

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Combining PBL with ALP in the Writing Class

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  1. Combining PBL with ALP in the Writing Class Susan WaldmanLeeward Community CollegePearl City, Hawaii

  2. What is PBL? • Learning by doing something real (Ostrander) • Personally meaningful (Larimer and Morgendoller) • Problem-solving strategies (Jolly and Jacob)

  3. Why use PBL in composition class? • “It’s very clear that they don’t know how to analyze their sources,” (Howard qtd in Berrett) • Using a scenario for composition class- authentic tasks lead to student learning

  4. Identify a Problem HawaiʻI imports 85-90% of its food food security, the need to make the state self-sufficient, is being addressed at both the state and local levels

  5. Identify a Model:MaʻO Farms in Waiʻanae MAʻO is the acronym for mala ‘ai ‘opio, which translates as ‘the youth food garden’, a movement to develop a comprehensive and living local food system—educating youth, fighting hunger, improving health and nutrition, growing the organic agriculture industry—to empower our community to move towards self-sufficiency (“Farming Values”).

  6. MAʻO Farms

  7. Create a Scenario • Problems the students are interested in solving • Fictitious company or entity allows for greater leeway in research options • Basing the company in reality makes the student work more meaningful- can bring in industry experts • Solutions/Products will meet course SLOs

  8. The Waiʻanae Farm google site

  9. Hawaii Team video

  10. Website Evaluation- using the CRAAP test • eHow • About • EzineArticles • HowStuffWorks • Ask • YahooAnswers • ChaCha • Examiner

  11. Marketing & Merchandising for Wai'anae Farms

  12. Why Does Wai'anae Farms Need a Marketing Department? We propose that Wai'anae Farms should consider creating a marketing department. Not only will it help to gain new customers, but it will also help Wai'anae Farms get their foot in the door to work with other local businesses and expand the farms revenue.

  13. Renewable Energy

  14. Why Wave Power • Ocean waves represent our planet's last untapped, natural, renewable energy resource. • Over 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered with water. • The energy contained within waves has the potential to produce up to 80,000TWh of electricity per year • The potential to capture energy from the sea offers a vast and endless source of clean sustainable electricity. • Ocean waves are generated by wind passing over the surface of the sea • computer models of wave propagation allow us to accurately forecast incoming waves up to five days in advance.

  15. Student Comments on PBL • Rudi- “helped me to learn how to collaborate with my peers and develop my skills in communication.” • Jazmine-”has helped me this semester by teaching me how to be responsible, how to manage my time and how to work well with others. • Kim- “When a teacher uses project based learning instead of lecturing, better and more useful skills are gained that could be used outside of the school environment.” • Whitney- “In the end, PBL projects are quite beneficial to whoever participates.” • Faith- “ The concept of Project Based Learning is working on things that really matter…essential skills needed in the real world.”

  16. Works Cited • Berret, Dan. “Freshman Composition Is Not Teaching Key Skills in Analysis, Researchers Argue.” Chronicle.com. Chronicle of Higher Education, 21 March 2012. Web. 22 March 2012. • “Farming Values.” maoorganicFarms.org. MAʻO Organic Farms, 2012. Web. 5 March 2013. • Jolly, Jacob, and Cherian Jacob. "A Study Of Problem Based Learning Approach For Undergraduate Students." Asian Social Science 8.15 (2012): 157-164. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Mar. 2013. • Larmer, John, and John R. Mergendoller, PhD. “ 8 Essentials for Project-Based Learning.” BIE.org. Buck Institute for Education, March 2012. Web. 5 March 2013. • Ostrander, Jane. “A Conversation about PBL.” YouTube.com. YouTube, May 2013. Web. 21 May 2013.

  17. Resources • Youtube.com/biepbl • Learnpbl.com • Bie.org (Buck Institute for Education) • Studygs.net.pbl.htm (Study Guides and Strategies/PBL) • Video on Project-Based Learning • swaldman@hawaii.edu

  18. Learnpbl.com

  19. Disclaimer • This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under ATE Grants #DUE 0302894, 0603297, 0903276, & 1161352. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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