Project-Based+Learning

=Project-Based Learning=

What is Project-Based Learning?
• Project-based learning (PBL) is a model for classroom activity that shifts away from the classroom practices of short, isolated, teacher-centered lessons and instead emphasizes learning activities that are long-term, interdisciplinary, student-centered, and integrated with real world issues and practices. //(**Why do project-based learning?**// Retrieved from http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/WhyPBL.html On May 8,2007) • Project-based instruction is an authentic instructional model or strategy in which students plan, implement, and evaluate projects that have real-world applications beyond the classroom (Blank, 1997; Dickinson, et al, 1998; Harwell, 1997). Learning activities that are interdisciplinary, long term, and student centered are emphasized, rather than short, isolated lessons (Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project, 1999). Project-based instructional strategies have their roots in the constructivist approach evolved from the work of psychologists and educators such as Lev Vygotsky, Jerome Bruner, Jean Piaget and John Dewey. Constructivism views learning as the result of mental construction; that is, children learn by constructing new ideas or concepts based on their current and previous knowledge (Karlin & Vianni, 2001). (//**What is Project-Based Instruction**//, Retrieved from [|http://www.nwrel.org/request/2002aug/whatis.html on May 8], 2007)

PowerPoint Presentation on PBL byGeorge Lucas Education Foundation
http://www.edutopia.org/modules/PBL/PBL_PowerPoint/ppframe.htm More resources on What PBL is: http://www.lullah.com/pbl_calmod/pbl_sjsu.htm http://www.iearn-canada.org/guideontheside.html http://www.bie.org/pbl/index.php

What are the 7 Components/Key elements of Project-Based Learning?
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/WhyPBL.html http://homepage.mac.com/cbakken/sywtdap/elements.html http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/PlanAssess/PlanGuide.html

Where to Find Samples of PBL Projects
http://webquest.org/ http://bestwebquests.com/