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How To Build Knowledge Through PBL

How To Build Knowledge Through PBL

How To Build Knowledge Through PBL by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD One of the consistent criticisms I hear of inquiry teaching and learning and project based learning is that it is ineffective in helping students gain significant and important knowledge....
How Project Based Learning Can Nurture Student Autonomy

How Project Based Learning Can Nurture Student Autonomy

How ProjectBased Learning Can Nurture Student Autonomy by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD One of the ‘5 levers’ of our project based learning model is Autonomy, defined as “the project provides opportunities for voice and choice in the...
Using Authentic Audience In PBL To Unlock Critical Thinking

Using Authentic Audience In PBL To Unlock Critical Thinking

Using Authentic Audience In PBL To Unlock Critical Thinking by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD The TeachThought PBL model includes 5 ‘levers for quality’ that we rely on as we guide educators through the project design process in our workshops...
25 Questions To Guide Teaching With Project Based Learning

25 Questions To Guide Teaching With Project Based Learning

25 Questions To Guide Teaching With ProjectBased Learning by Terry Heick I’ve been thinking of the kinds of questions I consider when planning a project–or planning a unit when students plan a project on their own. There’s a lot to consider here–so much so that 12...
8 Switches To Update Project Based Learning In The 21st Century

8 Switches To Update Project Based Learning In The 21st Century

8 Switches To Update ProjectBased Learning In The 21st Century contributed by Thom Markham Here’s some simple math: 1.8 billion youth need to be educated for 21st Century life. And, given that 21st Century living increasingly demands sophisticated work skills, deep...
4 Keys To Designing A Project Based Learning Classroom

4 Keys To Designing A Project Based Learning Classroom

4 Keys To Designing A Project Based Learning Classroom by TeachThought Staff and Aimee Hosler Traditional American classrooms tend to fit a particular mold: Students face the front of the class where teachers lecture. Students take notes, finish assignments at home,...

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