I agree with your comments to
I agree with your comments to the letter. Project-based learning is more in keeping with what is found in the business environment. A cross-functional team of business department people come together...
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I am looking at implementing a problem-based learning approach into my classroom. It is interesting to see the difference between the two PBL's. By getting buy in from the students and providing...
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In the case of experiments using the scientific method steps like plant growing in the sun and in the shadow, is this a PROJECT based learning and not a PROBLEM based learning, right?
View ArticleHi Julio! I think it has more
Hi Julio! I think it has more to do with how you frame up the work. If students are solving a problem (as opposed to creating something to show they understand how it works), then I'd call it Problem...
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It depends how the plant-growing experiment was framed; was it part of a project in which students were proposing (or actually constructing) a garden or landscape for a specific location? Or were...
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Guys.... Thanks! I am learning a lot here :) In my case, the kids are testing hypothesis using all steps of the Scientific Method but... THEY discuss how to design the project, the sample size, how to...
View ArticleSounds good - it's more than
Sounds good - it's more than doing an experiment by following a recipe - I like how students are given ownership of it. It doesn't quite have the "real-world purpose" (authenticity) aspect or what we...
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Secondary math teacher here. I'd like your opinion on how you would categorize this activity: Students learn a unit on probability. Then they are given a scenario: a carnival owner is looking to buy...
View ArticleHi Christine,
Hi Christine, I'd say that could be either PBL, or even "design-based... " or "challenge-based..." -- depending on what one wanted to call it. Frame it as a project that's more of a "simulation" than...
View ArticleThank you for the clarity,
Thank you for the clarity, John Larmer. I can't help feeling that in all the X - BLs we may be moving in opposite directions at the same time. While this diffent methodology does bring many of the...
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