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 1.3
Conducting of a PBL?
PBL, as with all lessons, requires much preparation and planning.
The steps for PBL are;
Essential question
Plan
Schedule
Monitor
Assess
Evaluate
Sample Project
(PBL and Multimedia)
Interactive Quiz
Level: Middle School
Subject: Math |
| It would be interesting to have a self quiz where students
could try to figure out the answers, then click on the questions
to see the answers and a detailed explanation of how the answer
is arrived at. The project is that the students construct an Interactive
Quiz. Teacher would give them the questions, and in groups they
would answer them and provide a clear, detailed explanation of
how they arrived at the answer. They would create cards with these
answers and we'd assemble the whole thing into a self-quiz for
the class to use for review at the end of a unit or later on in
the year. |
1.3.1. Essential Question
Start with the essential question.
It engages students. It is open-ended. There is no one answer or solution.
Take a real-world topic and begin an in-depth investigation.
Make sure it is relevant for your students.
The question should be “now” question - a question that has meaning for the students
in their lives at this moment in time.
Sample Project
Interactive Quiz
“........
The assignment was simple and straightforward: read the questions,
figure out the answers, explain them, and make a card.
..........” |
1.3.2. Design a Plan for the Project
Plan which content standards will be addressed while answering the question.
Involve students in the questioning, planning, and project-building
process. Students feel ownership of the project when they have an active
role in the decision making for the activities.
Teacher and students brainstorm activities that support the inquiry.
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Begin with the end in mind.Summarize
essential ideas for this project. Identify the content standards
that students will learn in this project. Identify key skills. |
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Craft the driving questions.
State essential question for the project. It encompass all project
content and outcomes. |
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Plan the assessment.
Step 1: At the early, during and end of the project. Step 2: State
the criteria for te examplary performance for each of the products. |
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Map the project.
Step 1:Look one major product for the project and analyze the
task necessary to produce high-quality product. What do the students
need to know and able to do complete tasks successfully.Step 2:
Draw a storyboard for this rpoject, with activities, resources,
timelines and milestones. |
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Manage the process.
List preparations necessary to address needs for differentiated
instruction. |
Sample Project
Interactive Quiz
“.......
We had a discussion about what we were doing and what would make
a good interactive self-quiz. As a class, we created a list and
wrote it on a poster that we kept on the wall."
........." |
1.3.3. Schedule
Teacher and students design a timeline for project components. Realize
that changes to the schedule will happen. Be flexible, but help the
students realize that a time will come when they need to finalize their
toughts, findings, and evaluations.Students should
Use time effectively,
Estimate time effectively
Establish a schedule for completing work
Allocate time among tasks strategically
Stay on schedule
Complete tasks on a timely basis.
Set benchmarks.
Give students direction for managing their time. Teach them how to schedule
their tasks. Keep it simple and age-appropriate.
Beginning should be sufficiently clear. Essential question acts as a catalyst.
Initiate projects that will let all students meet with success. By creating bridges between subjects, students view knowledge holistically,
rather than looking at isolated facts.
Sample Project
Interactive Quiz
“...........
I (teacher) planned in time for them to discuss and plan, do the
work, and then use the product we’d created without being
too rushed. I made a choice not to stretch the project out into
a long-term time frame but to use the project format to do something
relatively quickly.
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