Project Based Learning

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Project-Based Learning (PBL) is also sometimes known as constuctivist (see Constructivist_theory) or problem-based learning.

Questions

1. What is Project-based learning in adult literacy education? http://www.literacy.org/pdk/using/digest1PBLRS2_Au2.00.htm

2. What does research say about outcomes from project based learning? Is this an effective approach?

• Stites, Regie. Evaluation of Project Based Learning http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/pblresch.htm A short summary by Dr. Regie Stites, of SRI International, of the effectiveness of project based learning.

3. How can a project based ("constructivist") approach be used with GED students?

• Green, Anson M. "Project Based Learning and the GED" in Focus on Basics, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998. http://www.ncsall.net/?id=408

Resources

Focus on Basics articles on project-based learning

at http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=76

• "Implementation Isn't Easy" Janet Geary (FOB, Volume 7, Issue A, June 2004)
• "Collaborating with Students to Build Curriculum that Incorporates Real-Life Materials" Charissa Ahlstrom (FOB, Volume 6, Issue C, September 2003)
• "Research in Writing: Implications for Adult Literacy Education" Marilyn K. Gillespie (2001) (Annual Review, Vol. II: Chapter Three)
• "Building a Web Site in an ABE Class" Maura Donnelly (FOB, Volume 4, Issue C, December 2000)
• "Project-Based Learning and the GED" Anson M. Green (FOB, Volume 2, Issue B, June 1998)
• "Less Teaching and More Learning" Susan Gaer (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)
• "Turning Obstacles into Opportunities" Deborah L. Johnson (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)
• "Voter Education, Registration, and Action (VERA)" Andrea Nash (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)
• "Knowledge in Action: The Promise of Project-Based Learning" Heide Spruck Wrigley (FOB, Volume 2, Issue D, December 1998)

Other Articles, Web pages and Reports

• Constructivism   http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
• Moss, Donna and Van Duzer, Carol. "Project-Based Learning for Adult English Language Learners."  ERIC Digest. December 1998. http://www.cal.org/caela/digests/ProjBase.htm
• Ananda, Sri. How Instructors can Support Adult Learners Through Performance- Based Assessment.  Equipped For the Future (EFF) Assessment Report.  http://eff.cls.utk.edu/PDF/ananda_eff.pdf
• http://members.aol.com/CulebraMom/pblprt.html

Books

• Brooks, Jacqueline Grennon and Brooks, Martin G. In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms, Revised Edition. ASCD. 1999.   http://www.ascd.org/ed_topics/brooks1999_intro.html and http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.book/menuitem.ccf6e1bf6046da7cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/?bookMgmtId=4101177a55f9ff00VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD

Examples of Adult Project-based Learning

• Just-in-time EL Civics on the Mexican Border http://www.bordercivics.org/pages/project.htm
• Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook   http://easternlincs.worlded.org/docs/vera/index1.htm
• MUJER, Mothers United for Jobs, Education and Results.  http://members.aol.com/CulebraMom/mujer.html
• Project learning that incorporates technology, sponsored by the New England Literacy Resource Center   http://hub1.worlded.org/nelrctech/projects/examples.html
• Email Projects http://www.otan.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm   A collection of Adult ELL and ABE projects which use the Web and other technology

Discussions

Project Based Learning Discussions

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