Are you new to PBL? Do you want to know how a problem begins and how a unit evolves? Curious about the difference between problems and projects? Want to learn how to adapt PBL for gifted learners? Find answers through simulation, research, and classroom examples. Experience the benefit of student engagement when learning is framed in a PBL story!
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn the fundamental elements of a PBL classroom experience, and the research base supporting their efficacy.
Participants will learn the alignment between PBL and gifted student characteristics, and additional adjustments needed to make PBL more appropriate for gifted students.
Participants will participate in a model of the opening of a PBL unit.