Methodology

Benefits

• Creates an Urge to Know essential content and skills
  Projects begin by presenting students with knowledge and concepts and then, once learned, give them the opportunity to apply them. It begins with the vision of an end product or presentation which requires learning specific knowledge and concepts, thus creating a context and reason to learn and understand the information and concepts.
• Stimulates inquiry to learn and/or create something new
  Not all learning is based on inquiry, but some should. Stimulated inquiry leads students to construct something new - an idea, an interpretation, a new way of displaying what they have learned.
• Develops critical thinking, collaboration, and various forms of communication for problem solving
  Students need to do much more than remember information-they need to use higher-order thinking skills. They also have to learn to work as a team and contribute to a group effort. They must listen to others and make their own ideas clear when speaking, be able to read a variety of material, write or otherwise express themselves in various modes, and make effective presentations. These skills, and competencies are habits of mind.
• Allows some degree of student voice and choice
  Students learn to work independently and take responsibility when they are asked to make choices. The opportunity to make choices, and to express their learning in their own voice encourages engagement.
• Incorporates feedback and revision
  Students use peer critique to improve their work to create higher quality products.
• Results in a publicly presented product or performance
  What you know is demonstrated by what you do, and what you do must be open to public scrutiny and critique.

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