Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
How to Scaffold in Project Based Learning
Both student outcomes and scaffolding will look different in a PBL classroom.
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Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices
Embracing Vulnerability in PBL
A teacher explains why and how to promote a school culture in which teachers can honestly and openly reflect on their use of PBL, modeling the practice for students.
How-to Tips and Tools
Student Voice and Choice in the Elementary Grades
A 3rd grade teacher explains how she gave students four opportunities to make choices in a Heroes Museum project.
Gold Standard PBL: Design Elements
The Power of Reflection in PBL
A 5th grade teacher tells about a project about protecting sharks, and how a structured process for reflection revealed the depth of her students’ learning.
PBLNow
Our services, tools, and research are designed to build the capacity of K-12 teachers to design and facilitate quality Project Based Learning.
PBL and Equity
"I Used to Think / Now I Think" How Teacher Mindset Impacts Equity in PBL (Part 1)
Part 1 of 3 posts about how teachers in PBLWorks workshops connect PBL to equity.
How-to Tips and Tools
Inquiry Levels Structure Student Agency
Suggestions for scaffolding student agency in PBL, giving students greater control as they gain experience with independent work.
Research
Project Based Learning works. And we are committed to contributing to the evidence base to show its effectiveness, as well as the efficacy of PBLWorks' services specifically.
How-to Tips and Tools
4 Ways to Build a PBL Culture
A PBL Works National Faculty member and teacher explains the importance of relationships, student ownership, common language and processes, and promoting a growth mindset.