WHO
Who were the students selected for the study?
The students selected were from rural communities. A classroom of rural Midwestern twelfth grade English language arts students.
What does PBL stand for?
Place based learning
Where, if anywhere, might place-based learning not be possible?
place-based learning might be difficult is in larger cities/towns or countries where schooling is not as prevalent
When might the best opportunities to connect with your students happen?
The first day of class is a good time to get to know students and for ice breakers
Mondays are also a good day, you can ask what the students did over the weekend and that can branch out to many quick conversations.
Who can create student accountability with assignments both inside and outside of the classroom?
Both teachers and students can create student accountability both inside and outside the classroom by creating an assignment check sheet that students mark when an assignment is completed and has a grade.
What is the name of the framework that Nelson discusses in her dissertation that helps build community within the classroom?
Place-based learning (PBL) curriculum.
Where were the aspects of PBL experience taken place?
In a language arts classroom
When does a teacher select a problem or project for a PBL study?
After determining goals for the PBL experience
Who are student peers in the learning process?
Student peers are collaborators of learning; this includes collaborating on group work, collaborating on ideas, and using each other as resources. Groups and group work help generate more discussion and ideas.
In what type of community did the study take place in?
The community that this study took place in was a rural secondary English language arts classroom.
Where is place-based learning especially important?
Rural areas
What are some of the limitations of the research study?
Some limitations of the research study are: time, case size, location, and choice of topic for study. For example, the study was only conducted over a six-week long period. The case size was also small in that there were only eight seniors in the class.
Where did the study take place?
The study took place in a rural Midwestern twelfth grade English language arts classroom.
What were the research project's intentions?
To examine the feasibility of use and the relational aspects of a PBL experience in a rural secondary English language arts classroom.
Where can PBL be applied? Which community areas can this study take place?
PBL can be applied not only in rural areas but it urban and suburban locations as well. Although the study is taken place in a rural community, this does not necessarily mean that place based learning cannot be applied in a variety of type of schools.