Project Based LearningBy: Brian Oatway

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

Benefits of Project Based Learning Increase academic achievement Increased application and retention of

information Critical thinking Collaboration Communication

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

Problem Based Learning Problem Based Learning is a student-

centered 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

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

Goals of Project Based Learning

Engage students in learning

Solve the problem Collaborate ideas Develop a new

way of learning