Yet again, another conflicted moment for me. Currently in my Comp course I believe that I am currently using some concepts of Project Based learning. I NEVER assign the students topics for their writings. They have weekly writing (3-5 pages) as well as four larger papers to complete over the semester. Students are able to write about what they know, enjoy and want to learn more about. Their topics do have to be run by me so I can make sure that they are appropriate but they are free otherwise.
In a true project based learning classroom/school, I wonder how the students fair post-this experience. How do they test on the SAT/ACT? What about in college? Does this model of education mesh with meeting standards and NCLB (which I do have issues with, but we, as teachers, must acknowledge, embrace and help our students to meet and exceed state and federal benchmarks). I'm also interested in when this video was produced?
Now, all that being said, I could see myself using a PBL as a culminating activity. for a larger unit so at least its framed in that context, but I think teachers do this already... grr.... don't have any final thoughts, just more questions...
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Vanessa,
From one of the links at the end of the PBL Article:
"The study, which focused on 71 students who used Adaptive Curriculum and 46 who did not, found that students in the Adaptive Curriculum group had a 49.5-percent increase in their science assessment scores from pretest to post-test. (Students in the control group had negligible gains.)"
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56965
I am asking my principal to look into the Atomic Learning technology professional development options that were shared on a webinar I attended. This company speaks very highly of Adaptive Curriculum which seems to incorporate technology into project based learning situations.
http://www.adaptivecurriculum.com/us/products-and-services/middle-school.html
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/collections
Hi Vanessa,
I also wonder how students who use project based learning score on state tests......
Aimee
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