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Resource: For Educators | Project-Based Learning Resources (PBL)

PBL: Real World Connection

Published April 6, 2021 by Stephanie Sun

As teachers, we all inevitably hear this same complaint at some point from students:  “When are we ever going to actually use this?”

PBL is an instructional approach that takes that question to heart by connecting content to an authentic application or challenge.  If we are going to talk about area and perimeter, then let’s apply those formulas to architectural design; if we are going to study representative democracy, then let’s craft campaigns and host class elections.  Students retain more of what they learn when they apply that learning across varying contexts (transfer).

High school students learning to work a printer

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