2. What is it?
Students
go through an extended process
of inquiry in response to a complex
question, problem, or challenge
Values both the process of learning and
its outcomes or products
Construction of meaning
3. Benefits of Project Based
Learning
Increase
academic achievement
Increased application and retention of
information
Critical thinking
Collaboration
Communication
4. Goals of Project Based
Learning
Extracting
essential concepts and skills
from examples and experiences
Engaging learners in learning
Encouraging question posing
Confronting conceptions and
misconceptions
5. Problem Based Learning
Problem
Based Learning is a studentcentered pedagogy in which students
learn about a subject through the
experience of problem solving
Originated from the medical school of
thought, and is now used throughout all of
education
6. Specific tasks in Problem
Based Learning
Determining whether a problem exist
Creating an exact statement of the problem
Identifying information needed to understand
the problem
Identifying resources to be used to gather
information
Generating possible solutions
Analyzing the solutions
Presenting the solution orally and/or writing
7. Goals of Project Based
Learning
Engage
students in
learning
Solve the problem
Collaborate ideas
Develop a new
way of learning