Increase achievement and engagement for all students in 21st century classrooms!Project-based learning has emerged as one of todayÆs most effective instructional practices. In PBL, students confront real-world issues and problems, collaborate to create solutions, and present their results to an audience. This exciting new book describes how PBL fosters 21st century skills and innovative thinking. The author provides instructional strategies, assessment methods, and detailed instruction on how to:Design projects for various content areas across all grade levelsIntegrate technology throughout the learning processUse Khan Academy, webquests, wikis, and more to foster deeper conceptual learningBuild social learning networks Differentiate instruction by scaffolding supports for the learning process
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Preface
1. Engaging Students Through Project Based Learning
2: Project Based Learning in the Classroom
3. Designing Projects for Project Based Learning
4. Instructional Technologies in Project Based Learning
5. Instructional Strategies in Project Based Learning
6. Assessment Options For Project Based Learning
Appendix A: Relationship Between PBL and State Curricular Standards
Increase achievement and engagement for all students in 21st century classrooms!Project-based learning has emerged as one of todayÆs most effective instructional practices. In PBL, students confront real-world issues and problems, collaborate to create solutions, and present their results to an audience. This exciting new book describes how PBL fosters 21st century skills and innovative thinking. The author provides instructional strategies, assessment methods, and detailed instruction on how to:Design projects for various content areas across all grade levelsIntegrate technology throughout the learning processUse Khan Academy, webquests, wikis, and more to foster deeper conceptual learningBuild social learning networks Differentiate instruction by scaffolding supports for the learning process
Learn more about William Bender's PD offerings
Preface
1. Engaging Students Through Project Based Learning
2: Project Based Learning in the Classroom
3. Designing Projects for Project Based Learning
4. Instructional Technologies in Project Based Learning
5. Instructional Strategies in Project Based Learning
6. Assessment Options For Project Based Learning
Appendix A: Relationship Between PBL and State Curricular Standards
Preface
1. Engaging Students Through Project Based Learning
2: Project Based Learning in the Classroom
3. Designing Projects for Project Based Learning
4. Instructional Technologies in Project Based Learning
5. Instructional Strategies in Project Based Learning
6. Assessment Options For Project Based Learning
Appendix A: Relationship Between PBL and State Curricular Standards
William N. Bender, PhD, has had a long and distinguished career in
education, teaching in public school for several years and in
higher education for some 26 years at Blue?eld State College in
West Virginia, Rutgers University in New Jersey, and the University
of Georgia. He has written 36 books in special and general
education. With his retirement, he has stepped back from his
rigorous workshop schedule, which as recently as 2016 included some
40 workshop days per year. While the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his
work, he has written four historical ?ction novels and several
educational books in recent years. He has delivered several
professional development projects, including most recently a
keynote for a virtual conference on project-based learning in
Brazil in conjunction with his Corwin book Project-Based Learning
(2012).
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"This resource serves as more than an introduction to PBL as an
instructional approach; it removes the fear of trying the unknown.
Filled with clear explanations and samples, real-world anecdotes
and practical advice, as well as lists of resources, this book will
become a user’s guide to a powerful instructional approach that
will meet the needs of 21st century learners."
*Ann Richardson, Coordinator English and Gifted/AP Programs*
"PBL is a powerful way to increase student participation and create
critical thinkers for the 21st century."
*Tania E. Dymkowski, District Instructional Support*
"Not only is the work timely and current in the field of education,
it provides educators with an inclusive resource for project based
learning. This concept and the presentation of the material address
the needs of students and teachers in the 21st century classroom.
The resources, examples, and strategies presented support easy
implementation!"
*Catherine Alaimo Stickney, Director Of Curriculum, Instruction,
and Assessment*
"Project based learning is the future of education. We can no
longer prepare students for today′s global world with traditional
teaching methods. This book may well be our ticket to the
future in education."
*Denise Rives, Educational Consultant*
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