Project-Based Learning
"We should be measuring what kids can do with knowledge, not how many right answers they can give to questions." Seymour Papert

Assessment in Project-Based Learning

Teachers who are using Project-Based Learning experience:

  • more multidimensional assessment
  • less paper and pencil testing
  • more performance-based assessment
  • less knowledge-based assessment

Tips:

  • Design rubrics that include specific performance details.
  • Reflect the importance of the learning that led up to the final project as well as the final presentation.
  • Emphasize the value of products that don't work as well as completed workable products. If students can explain why something didn't work and how to fix it, real learning has occurred.

Best Practices: Pieces of the Puzzle

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Best Practices: Pieces of the Puzzle

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