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The Challenge of Assessing Project-Based Learning
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Boss, Suzie – District Administration, 2012
For their ambitious project, called America at War, high school juniors at Da Vinci Charter Academy in the Davis (California) Joint Unified School District didn't just study history. They became historians. Their project offers compelling evidence of what students can accomplish through project-based learning (PBL), an instructional approach that…
Descriptors: State Standards, Performance Based Assessment, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Real Projects in a Digital World
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Boss, Suzie; Krauss, Jane – Principal Leadership, 2007
Project-based learning is not a new idea. It has a solid track record of increasing student motivation and improving students' problem-solving and higher-order thinking skills (Stites, 1998; Thomas, 2000). In the traditional model, students work in teams to investigate open-ended questions and apply their knowledge through culminating products or…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Student Projects
Start with Respect.
Boss, Suzie; Kohn, Alfie – Northwest Education, 2000
An interview with educator and author Alfie Kohn discusses the need to stop confusing better learning with higher test scores; how progressive education helps children learn to think for themselves; professional development that appeals to teachers' long-term goals for their students; and restructuring education so teachers can ask for help,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Environment, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Ideas Worth Borrowing. Life Studies: Montana Students Tell the Story of a Place and Its People; Tales of Triumph: Fairy Tales Weave Connections between Generations; Everybody Writes: English Language Learners Discover Their Voice; Traveling by Post: "Paper Exchange Students" Explore the Globe; Learning by the Book: Students Publish a Series of Local Bestsellers; The Roots of Nikiski: Alaskan Students Discover Their Heritage and Leave a Legacy of Their Own; Riding "La Alfombra Magica": ESL Students Explore Their Roots....
Boss, Suzie; Sherman, Lee; Linik, Joyce Riha; Reed, Bracken – Northwest Education, 2002
Seven classroom projects that motivate student writing in Northwest schools are described. The projects vary in grade level. Themes include local history, fairy tales, "Flat Stanley" exchange students, student book publishing, art, poetry, and science. Common practices include having students write about local and personally meaningful…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation
A Journey of Surprises: Rivers Reveal Their Secrets to Idaho Students Researching Water Quality through Rigorous Scientific Inquiry.
Boss, Suzie – Northwest Education, 2002
Idaho secondary students learn the scientific method through outdoor environmental projects related to water quality monitoring. A program trains teachers to design project-based learning and provides extensive followup support. Five-day summer workshops immerse teachers in the types of projects they will orchestrate with their own students.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Environmental Education