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What is Project-based Learning?. Allowing students a degree of choice on topic, product, or presentation. Resulting in an end product such as a presentation or report. Involving multiple disciplines. Varying in duration from one period to a whole semester. . New Role for the Teacher. Featurin
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1. SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS USING PROJECT/PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
Dan Schab
Williamston High School
Williamston, MI
schabd@wmston.k12.mi.us
2. What is Project-based Learning? Allowing students a degree of choice on topic, product, or presentation.
Resulting in an end product such as a presentation or report.
Involving multiple disciplines.
Varying in duration from one period to a whole semester.
3. New Role for the Teacher Featuring the teacher in the role of facilitator rather than leader.
More coaching and modeling, less telling.
More learning with students, less being the expert.
More cross disciplinary thinking, less specialization.
More performance-based assessment, less paper-and-pencil assessment.
4. WHY INTEGRATE PROJECTS INTO THE CURRICULUM?
APPLICATION OF COURSE CONTENT
DEVELOP PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS
DEVELOP CAREER AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
INCREASE STUDENT MOTIVATION
5. THE GOLF COURSE PROJECT STEP 1: Students Placed Into Design Teams
6. STEP 2 – Plans are developed Student design teams brainstorm ideas for their golf course. Each student must design four golf holes. Detailed, two-dimensional drawings of each hole are completed.