ReturnClassroom Confidence: Effective Project-Based Learning from a Middle School Perspective
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Colorado Convention Center, 103/5
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Session description
Purpose & objective
As a teacher, it's always important to listen to your students and figure out how to make them feel confident and take pride in their work, which usually leads to better quality in their work in the end. While listening to the middle schooler's perspective, participants can learn strategies for motivating their students to consistently put out their best work, especially within the context of project-based learning.
Outline
- Introduction to PBL (5-10 min)
- Projects/Aspects of PBL that work to boost student confidence (15-20 min)
- Projects/Aspects of PBL that didn't work, failures we learned from (15-20 min)
- Elliott's advice for teachers (10-25 min)
- Findings and Conclusions (10-15 min)
Supporting research
https://knilt.arcc.albany.edu/images/4/45/Project-Based_Learning_for_the_21st_Century-_Skills_for_the_future.pdf
A paper that helps inspire our motivation to use PBL
Session specifications
Analyst
- Use assessment data to guide progress and communicate with students, parents and education stakeholders to build student self-direction.
Innovative Designer
- Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.