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The high-interest topics,such as security cameras in the classroom and legal
consequences for plagiarism, lead students to develop valuable workplace skills,
including communication and collaboration, organization and time management,
questioning and problem solving, investigation and research, and self-
assessment and reflection. Using Project-Based Learning Tasks Tasks address
relevant issues and focus on research, writing, and speaking skills. They require
students to use ...
This book's collection of instructional strategies and assessment methods show how to implement and differentiate project-based learning that fosters 21st century skills in Grades K–12.
As discussed in Chapter 4, many proponents of technology or PBL in the
classroom suggest that the very meaning of teaching and learning is changing
and that students are becoming creative agents in the learning process during
the 21st century (Bender & Waller, 2011; Boss & Krauss, 2007; Ferriter & Garry,
2010). In the context of the 21st-century classroom, teaching is transformed into
facilitating learning rather than leading learning, and learning changes into
creation of content ...
