Can PBL be as easy as 1-2-3?
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What PBL ISN'T...
Read #1-3 in the article below...
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1. Significant Content
Plan a project the kids will care about.
- Start with CSCOPE Unit Performance Indicators and TEKS (must be standards-based!)
- Consider current events, community problems, school issues - connect it to real-life!
2. A Need to Know
Hook the students so they’ll be engaged and initiate questioning.
- Plan an “entry event” to grab their attention (video, speaker, discussion, field trip, mock scenario, Skype - ask your administrator/instructional coach/instructional tech to help!)
- Here you can introduce key vocabulary and brainstorm a list of questions after the event (what do we know, what do we need to know).
3. A Driving Question
This should challenge the students and give them a sense of purpose.
- Use “Critical Friends” process to brainstorm and craft the perfect question with your team or department. Talk it out!
- The Driving Question should be provocative, open-ended, complex and linked to the core of what you want your students to learn (go back to the TEKS and Performance Indicators!).
Your turn to try it!
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