Week 4C (Oct. 18- Oct. 24)- Project-based Instruction and Engagement [Sept. 18, 2011, 11:29 p.m.]
Finally, a third and final lesson design that I would like us to look at is Project-based Instruction. In project-based instruction students might be working on a problem (liek process-based math instruction) but a product or project is expected to be created at the end of the inquiry. So students are learning by doing and making, and teachers are assessing learning by a final product.
Here is a piece that gives an overview of what the essential elements of project-based instruction migh look like.
Project-based Learning Space
What are the aspects or elements of engagement that are used in this sort of instruction? What aspects or elements of engagement may be less important, or unimportant in this sort of instruction? Share your thinking in our discussion comment area for this task.