Let's see how Making could work when placed inside
a PBL curriculum unit.
Not exact matches
In the video Problems of Practice, I address that, in our Algebra 2
PBL Curriculum Writing Team, we found
units where an authentic
PBL problem would restructure the
unit so that students deepen their understanding of math through a real - life application.
This reflective process and metacognition also helps build critical thinking skills, and should be used throughout the process of a
PBL project,
curriculum unit or marking period.
If you are new to
PBL, start with smaller teaching
units before attempting larger, more complex ones, and look for potential problems to solve or projects that are already part of the
curriculum (Ertmer & Simons, 2005; Kolodner, Camp, Crismond, Fasse, Gray, Holbrook, Puntambekar, & Ryan, 2003).
In the third - grade social studies
curriculum at Friends School of Baltimore, where I teach, what used to be a mundane, teacher - led
unit on Native Americans is now a semester - long
PBL unit.
Quality
unit instruction combined with differentiated instruction transforms «the game called school» into a meaningful journey where learners understand and connect with the
curriculum on a daily basis, whether the approach is project - based learning (
PBL), Understanding by Design (UBD), or any other
unit design that connects a deep understanding of content and a mastery of skills and concepts to real - world contexts.
He authored and / or edited BIE's project based
curriculum units for high school government and economics and was a contributing author of the Project Based Learning Handbook and is a writer and editor of BIE's
PBL Toolkit Series.