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Great ideas about projects!

(links to four studies are included in this request)

As a social studies teacher, I appreciate the help that this website provides.

Here's a great example of how PBL can be incorporated in social studies.

Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas, is a 100 percent project-based learning school. They are part of the New Tech Network of schools and their approach has yielded remarkable results, including a 98 percent graduation rate, with all of their graduates accepted to college.

Technology integration is the use of technology resources -- computers, mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, digital cameras, social media platforms and networks, software applications, the Internet, etc. -- in daily classroom practices, and in the management of a school.

comprehensive annotated collection of PBL research

Barron, B., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2008). Teaching for meaningful learning: A review of research on inquiry-based and cooperative learning (PDF) . Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. A comprehensive review of research on inquiry-based-learning outcomes and best practices in project-based learning, problem-based learning, and design-based instruction.

PBL show evidence of increasing teachers capacity for differentiated and individualized instruction.

Quizlet - search ready made quizzes, create your own, assign classes, a variety of activities to practice/reinforce skills

Blog post providing some practical suggestions on how to streamline collaboration in project planning.

Learn from a HS in Texas that has fully committed to PBL teaching methods. Read, watch, and listen as teachers and students share their experience and successes with PBL.

An alternative 6 to the bie 8 essential elements of PBL.