Below are resources to access during the Project Based Learning Teaching Practices professional development. The resources are google documents or website links. You will need a google account to access the resources. The resources are organized by the topics. Go to the topic that matches your session or section of the training.
The Basics (Element: Design and Plan)
Here are projects for you to alter during the training:
Feedback (Optional)
Grounding the Learning (Element: Align to Standards)
Here are projects for you to alter during the training:
PBLWorks Gold Standard Teaching Practices Rubric
Rubric and Standards Alignment Example
Feedback (Optional)
Establishing the Environment (Element: Build the Culture)
Here are projects for you to alter during the training:
PBLWorks Gold Standard Teaching Practices Rubric
The Science Behind Classroom Norming
Icebreaker Resources
PBLWorks Success Skills Rubrics
Routines in a PBL Classroom
- Win-Win Discipline (Article)
- Kagan Structures: Key to Engagement (Article)
- A PBL Culture of Thinking: Routines (Article)
- Dimmer Switch (Article)
- Protocols and Routines: Habits for a Student-Centered Classroom (Article)
- Ask 3 before me (Video)
- Chalk Talk (Video)
- Using an Interactive Word Wall (Video)
- Science Talk (Video)
Critique and Revision Note Catcher
Critique and Revision in a PBL Classroom
- Gold Standard PBL: Critique and Revision (Article)
- Using Frequent Feedback Cycles to Guide Student Work (Article)
- Teaching Students to Critique (Article)
- Using Gallery Walks for Critique & Revision in PBL (Article)
- How to Get Higher Quality Student Work in PBL (Article)
- Using Frequent Feedback Cycles to Guide Student Work (Article)
- 60-Second Strategy: Peer Review (Video)
- Group Critique Lesson (Video)
- Descriptive Feedback (Video)
- Praise Question Suggestion Protocol (Video)
- Using Models and Critiques (Video)
Feedback (Optional)
Student-Centered Learning (Element: Manage Activities)
Here are projects for you to alter during the training:
- Kindergarten Project
- 3rd Grade Project
- 8th-10th Grade Project
- 8th-10th Grade Project Copy Version
- 8th-10th Grade Project View Only
PBLWorks Gold Standard Teaching Practices Rubric
How We Use “Need to Know” Questions to Guide Sustained Inquiry
PBLWorks Gold Standard PBL Videos
Tools and Strategies for Scaffolding (Element: Scaffolding Student Learning)
Here are projects for you to alter during the training:
PBLWorks Gold Standard Teaching Practices Rubric
5 Scaffolding Strategies to Bolster Student Learning (Video)
How to Scaffold in Project Based Learning
Scaffolding Student Research Video Part 1
Scaffolding Student Research Video Part 2
More Great Videos
- Preparing for an Academic Conversation, Day 1: Analyzing a Scientific Document
- Preparing for an Academic Conversation, Day 2: Constructing Arguments Using Science Notebooks
- Redirecting a Lesson with Exemplars
- Scaffolding Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners
- Dispelling Myths About PBL and Direct Instruction
- Scaffolding Discussion Skills With a Socratic Circle
- Using a Problem-Based Task with Fourth Graders to Create Deep Engagement in Math
Most Important Feedback (Element: Assess Student Learning)
Here are projects for you to alter during the training:
PBLWorks Gold Standard Teaching Practices Rubric
Recommended Books
- Balanced Assessment: From Formative to Summative by Kay Burke
- How to Design Questions and Tasks to Assess Student Learning by Susan M. Brookhart
- Designing Groupwork by Elizabeth G. Cohen & Rachel A. Lotan
Analyzing the Assessment Cycle
Assessment Articles
- Conquering Assessment vs. Grading in PBL
- How to Give Assessments a Boost With PBL
- Resource List: Assessment in PBL
Engage and Coach (Element: Engage and Coach)
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Key Slides from the Training