http://njpep.rutgers.edu/Tutorials/PBL/index.html - Nice Tutorial

1. http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/whatis/whatis/slide1.html - a tutorial
2. http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/problearn.html - good review
3. http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/PBL&PBL.htm - the difference between project-based and problem-based learning
4. http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/rpl_esys/thinking.htm - What is a thinking curriculum?

There is no simple, fixed, formulaic, "right" solution

5. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/clrit/learningtree/PBL/PBLadvantages.html - advantages
6. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/clrit/learningtree/PBL/PBLBarriers.html - barriers
7. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/clrit/learningtree/PBL/PBLimplementing.html - overcoming barriers

Teachers design compelling, problematic situations from the real world based on content and needs

8. http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/whatis/matrix/matrix1.html - compare traditional instruction with PBL
9. http://njpep.rutgers.edu/Tutorials/PBL/PBL_Bloom.ppt - relate PBL to Bloom's Taxonomy
10. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/trld2001/workshop/scaffolding.htm - scaffolding - a temporary structure which provides help at specific points in the learning process
11. http://www.biology.iupui.edu/Biology_HTML_Docs/biocourses/K345/PBL_Web_Pages/ProblemSolvingProcess.html - problem-solving skills
12. http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/pbl/ubuytutor/role.html - The teacher's role
13. http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury/collab.html - designing an Internet based PBL lesson
14. http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/whatis/design/slide20.html - designing and defining a PBL unit
15. http://www.biology.iupui.edu/Biology_HTML_Docs/biocourses/K345/PBL_Web_Pages/SmallGroupPBL.html - small group PBL
16. http://4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml - a site that allows you to create your own project checklists

Students actively define problems and construct potential solutions

17. http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/whatis/model.html - example models
18. http://www.udel.edu/pbl/problems - sample problems
19. http://www.edcoe.k12.ca.us/tech/nigeria.html - neat example
20. http://www.edcoe.k12.ca.us/tech/cuepbl.html - PBL lessons for history/social studies
21. http://www.edcoe.k12.ca.us/bugmain.html - Bug Bitten activity
22. http://www.bham.wednet.edu/online.htm - examples from Bellham school
23. http://www.imsa.edu/team/spi/SADVI/sadvi97/intro.html - Cosmic collisions - should we worry
24. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html - webquests as examples of PBL models

Technology Support for PBL

25. http://pt3.msstate.edu/presentations/pt3-student1_files/frame.htm - creating technology-rich, problem-based lessons
26. http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/pbl/pblhom10.htm - resources for PBL on the world wide web
27. www.inspiration.com - concept-mapping software, wonderful for organizing lessons
28. http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/productdetail.asp?PS=DECDEC - Tom Snyder Decisions Series
29. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html - THE webquest page
30. http://www.bham.wednet.edu/quest.htm - a tutorial designed to help teachers create PBL lessons with technology components
31. http://www.education-world.com/a_books/books137.shtml - a review of a good Internet and PBL book

 

Resources

32. http://www.edbydesign.org/assoc/resources/research.html
33. http://www.samford.edu/pbl/how.html
34. http://www.edcoe.k12.ca.us/tech/pbl.html
35. http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/WhyPBL.html

 

Add an Authentic Assessment Tool to your Lesson Plans

36. http://njpep.rutgers.edu/Assessment/Classroom_Assessment_Index.htm - Rubric Tutorial
37. http://www.music.miami.edu/assessment/rubricsDef.html
38. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/clrit/learningtree/PBL/webassess/WebAssessmentHome.html - different types of assessment
39. http://landmark-project.com/classweb/rubrics/index.html - Rubric Constructor
40. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html - kathy schrock's stuff
41. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubrics_for_Web_Lessons.html
42. http://ericae.net/ - ERIC clearinghouse on assess

last modified May 13, 2002