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Q&A Collections: Project-Based Learning

By Larry Ferlazzo 鈥 August 30, 2021 2 min read
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During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 10 years. You can see all those collections from the first nine years here.

Here are the ones I鈥檝e published so far:

The 11 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts of the Year

Race & Racism in Schools

School Closures & the Coronavirus Crisis

Classroom-Management Advice

Best Ways to Begin the School Year

Best Ways to End the School Year

Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning

Implementing the Common Core

Challenging Normative Gender Culture in Education

Teaching Social Studies

Cooperative & Collaborative Learning

Using Tech With Students

Student Voices

Parent Engagement in Schools

Teaching English-Language Learners

Reading Instruction

Writing Instruction

Education Policy Issues

Assessment

Differentiating Instruction

Math Instruction

Science Instruction

Advice for New Teachers

Author Interviews

The Inclusive Classroom

Learning & the Brain

Administrator Leadership

Teacher Leadership

Relationships in Schools

Professional Development

Instructional Strategies

Best of Classroom Q&A

Professional Collaboration

Classroom Organization

Mistakes in Education

Today鈥檚 theme is on project-based learning. You can see the list of posts following this excerpt from one of them:

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* Four Good Science Teaching Strategies & How to Use Them

Three science educators share their 鈥済o-to鈥 teaching strategies, including encouraging student talk and implementing project-based learning.

* 鈥楽tudents Will Ask Great Questions If We Give Them the Chance鈥

Four educators share ideas for encouraging students to develop questions, including through project-based learning.

* Don鈥檛 鈥楳ake the Math Classroom a Project-Based-Learning-Free Zone鈥

Three educators share advice on incorporating project-based learning in math classes, including asking the question 鈥淲hat鈥檚 nearby?鈥

* Using Project-Based Learning in Math Classes

Two teachers share practical strategies for using project-based learning in math classes, including one called 鈥渘otice and wonder.鈥

This post features commentaries from Andrew Miller, Suzie Boss, Meg Riordan, Abbie Sewall, Daniel Schwartz, and Vicky Layne. They primarily discuss assessment in project-based learning.

Guest responses in this post come from educators Suzie Boss, Jeffrey Wilhelm, Steven Anderson, and Stephen Lazar.

Jeff C. Marshall, Nancy Sulla, Derek Cabrera, Christopher Panna, and Heather Wolpert-Gawron, and Ron Berger all share their thoughts.

This post is Part Two to last year鈥檚 popular one by Suzie Boss (and readers!) on Do鈥檚 and Don鈥檛s for Better Project-Based Learning. Suzie agreed to share additional ideas this year, as did many readers.

Few people know more about project-based learning than Suzie Boss, and she graciously agreed to respond to this 鈥渜uestion of the week.鈥

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