Review the research on Project-Based
Learning (Franklin).
If you were to
decide to incorporate the use of PBL in your classroom, tell us 3-5 things that
you would implement in its deployment to help ensure the success of students in
the process.
1) Have a homework assignment that involves their families or people outside of the school environment.
ReplyDelete2) Connect classroom activities with current events or trends. Very similar to Crosby and the blogging.
3) Bring in experts from the areas that you are teaching that can bring life into the lesson.
4) Grouping the students and give each person a role. (teacher, student, observer) Rotating roles to ensure that each student has the opportunity to lead.
I would make sure to monitor the student groups to make sure they were staying on task. I would make sure that there was a shared responsibility between the students and myself to make sure learning was happening. I would make sure that we formed a community within the classroom to make sure that learning was happening. I would want to encourage students to pick something that means something to them.
ReplyDeleteSince PBL is based on shared responsibility between the teacher and the students, I would facilitate an environment friendly to their exploring while still maintaining a presence to keep them in the vicinity of "on-task."
ReplyDeleteIf students were struggling, I would use the "questions, cues, and advance organizers" to give them some semblance of direction without telling them what to do.
Since the bases of PBL is to relate to the real-world, or something close to the student's hearts, I would allow them to use as much technology as they'd like, or any reputable/reliable source, to communicate or organize their thoughts or outcomes.
"In the vicinity of on-task." I like that phrase (and the thought behind it).
DeleteI would need to implement the formation of individual groups within the class. I would then need to come up with a problem that students could research and develop their answers for the problem. I would need to be objective in grading the project because each group may come up with a different solution which doesn't mean it's wrong.
ReplyDeleteBeing objective in the grading will be very tricky. Because PBL tasks are so varied and "non-standard" it is very difficult to assign an objective grade to them. Hmmm... Maybe we should talk about assessment. (Next week).
Delete1) Give student a rubric on how they will be graded
ReplyDelete2) ask each group for a list of names and their decided responsibility.
3)Giving a time line of task that need to be completed and by what date.
4) when presenting the project to the class, each member will a verbal account on what they discovered as they did research.
I agree with Marina about the rubic grading. I think that students need to be aware of what the teachers expectations are in order for the students to solve a problem. I also agree with assigning jobs to students so that all students have accountability. I've also heard of students rating one another on how much input the other group members had, I think that this is good so that all students must participate and have input.
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