Getting Started with Project Based Learning (Quick Reference Guide) - Softcover

Larmer, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 141662547X ISBN 13: 9781416625476

Publisher: ASCD, 2017

Synopsis

In project based learning (PBL), students work on an extended project that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. PBL unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers. In this six-page laminated guide from PBL expert John Larmer, teachers will find

• 7 reasons to use PBL.
• 7 essential project design elements.
• 5 steps for designing a project.
• 7 key project based teaching practices.

Including types of projects, sample entry events for projects, examples of what PBL is and what it is not, and tips for engaging students and classroom management, this guide gives teachers everything they need to get started with project based learning.

About this title

About the Author

John Larmer is editor in chief at the Buck Institute for Education. He authored and/or edited the institute's project-based curriculum units for high school government and economics and was a contributing author of the Project Based Learning Handbook and is a writer and editor of BIE's PBL Toolkit Series.

Edition details

• Publisher: ASCD
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 141662547X
• ISBN 13: 9781416625476
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 6