Essential Elements of PBL 1
Essential Elements of PBL 2
PBL Myths- True or False
21st Century Learning Skills
Parts of Projects
100

Relationships formed during collaboration is a huge part of PBL. Not only do students learn how to work better in groups—providing their own input, listening to others, and resolving conflicts when they arise—they build positive relationships with teachers, which reinforces how great learning is. Students also form relationships with community members when working on projects, gaining insight for careers and beyond.

What is collaboration?

100

Students learn how to solve problems that are important to them, including real community issues, more effectively—even learning from failure and possibly starting over.

What is problem solving?

100
PBL is standards based. PBL marries critical thinking skills with rich content
What is true?
100
Skill that requires shared responsibility for the work. It requires respecting ideas, opinions, abilities, values and feelings of group members. Encourages group adhesion.
What is collaboration.
100
Although it's not a necessity for PBL, it is helpful for planning, organizing, and researching in projects.
What is Technology?
200

Students apply creative thinking skills to innovate new product designs and possibilities for projects.

What is creativity?

200

Students build on their research skills and deepen their learning of applied content beyond facts or memorization.

What is in-depth understanding?

200
Young children are not ready for rich content. There isn't enough time for science and social studies projects. We need to teach literacy and math skills first.
What is false. Knowledge plays an important role in literacy. To build reading comprehension skills children need to develop broad content skills. Projects can increase motivation to read, write and learn mathematics.
200

Responding to questions appropriately, using visual aides that enhance content delivery and uses effective oral presentation skills.

What is communication?

200
When planning and beginning a project, you need to know what_____________your students have.
What are skills?
300

Students find their voice and learn to take pride in their work, boosting their agency and purpose.

What is self-confidence?

300

Students learn to look at problems and ask questions by coming up with possible solutions for their project.

What is critical thinking?

300
PBL is only for older students
What is False. PBL is effect from preschool to graduate school. You just need to make adaptations based on student needs.
300

Gathers pertinent information. Organizes, analyzes and synthesizes information to develop conclusions. This is an example of __________ thinking.

What is critical?

300
A familiar tool for performance assessements.
What is a rubric?
400

In working on a project, students learn to manage obstacles more effectively, often learning from failure and possibly starting over from scratch.

What is perseverance?

400

Students learn how to manage projects and assignments more efficiently.

What is project management?

400
PBL is the same as "making something", "hands-on learning" or "doing an activity.
What is False. PBL is often focused on an artifact but that piece is not as important as the tasks that led them there.
400
This essential element of learning has been around for more than 21 centuries. It is used to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others. It is often associated with art.
What is creativity?
400
The culminating product of a project should be authentic and relate to the _______________.
What is "real world"
500

Students get to explore their curiosities, ask questions and form a new love for learning.

What is curiosity?

500

Students take ownership over their projects, reflecting on and celebrating their progress and accomplishments.

What is empowerment?

500
Projects take too much time and are hard to manage.
What is false. Projects require advanced preparation and management. Over time, they become easier to do, especially if you repeat the project the following year.
500
A hierarchy of thinking skills used to develop critical thinking.
What is Bloom's taxonomy?
500

Assessment is an important piece of PBL. Two types of assessments are____________

What is formative and summative?

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