Problem-Based Learning in Middle and High School Classrooms

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Problem-Based Learning in Middle and High School Classrooms

Ann Lambros - Wake Forest University, USA

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Teaching Methods & Learning Styles | Teaching in Secondary Schools | Thinking Skills

April 2004 | 136 pages | Corwin

This is a guide to implementing problem-based learning as a teaching method in middle schools and secondary schools. Includes sample lessons specific to grade levels and disciplines and follows the same easy-to-use style of the original volume for K-8 classrooms.

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

1. Problem-Based Learning: What and Why

Knowing What

Collaboration and Differentiation

PBL Provides Relevance to Learners

PBL Teaches Lifelong Problem-Solving Skills

The PBL Process in Action

In a Nutshell

2. PBL in the Middle School Classroom

Getting Started

Delivering Problems to Students

Problem Examples

PBL Problem Sources

Further Considerations for Middle School Classrooms

3. PBL in the High School Classroom

In the Beginning

Introducing PBL Problems

Problem Examples

PBL Problem Sources

Further Considerations for High School Classrooms

4. And the Problem Is

Developing PBL Problems for Classroom Use

Aligning Developed Problems With Standards

Getting Started

Using Resources with PBL Problems

Hints and Cautions in PBL Problem Development

A Final Word

5. Knowing You Did It

Making the PBL Grade With Authentic Assessments

PBL and Assessment Examples

Going Beyond Content Assessment

Using Portfolios With PBL

More PBL Assessment Examples

Using Self and Peer Assessments With PBL

6. The Whole Picture

PBL and Cooperative Learning

PBL and Service Learning

PBL and Project Based Learning

PBL and Traditional Strategies

Using It All, Using It Well

7. PBL Beyond The Middle and High School Classrooms

The Future for Students

The Future for PBL

Resources

Resource 1: Additional PBL Problems for Middle School and High School

Resource 2: PBL Process Charts

Resource 3: Guidelines for Facilitating PBL

Index

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Preface

Chapter 1: Problem-Based Learning

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