What was left out?
For this assignment as students we are to suggest what we feel was left out of the blog posts this semester. Based off of my interest as an elementary education major, I feel that we should question how project based learning benefits students. I am very interested in how students learning has changed in harder subjects such as science. Unfortunately, students do not get as excited about learning science, but as a teacher I really hope to change this outlook. So the question is....
How does project based learning affect students' learning? Are they performing better?
Below are resources:
What Research Says About PBL
After reading both these sources, and if you research more, do you feel that project based learning helps students? Why or why not?
The first resource I read how to deal with science education. This is a great subject to use project based learning. Students can be engaged with the activity while having fun. Researchers found the students performed 8% better with project based learning than in a traditional classroom. The second source also stated that students had a more positive attitude towards math. I feel like project based learning, when done correctly, can be beneficial for students in these subjects. One reason I feel this way, besides the research, is because I haven seen students get excited about projects. For example, in a classroom I sat in on the students were asked to draw a scene from the book that the class read then write how the people felt in the scene. I feel like this let the students step out of their own minds and critically think. Students should be encouraged to think more instead of having to come up with a definite answer. I plan on using project based learning in my classroom after seeing that it benefits students.
After reading both these sources, and if you research more, do you feel that project based learning helps students? Why or why not?
The first resource I read how to deal with science education. This is a great subject to use project based learning. Students can be engaged with the activity while having fun. Researchers found the students performed 8% better with project based learning than in a traditional classroom. The second source also stated that students had a more positive attitude towards math. I feel like project based learning, when done correctly, can be beneficial for students in these subjects. One reason I feel this way, besides the research, is because I haven seen students get excited about projects. For example, in a classroom I sat in on the students were asked to draw a scene from the book that the class read then write how the people felt in the scene. I feel like this let the students step out of their own minds and critically think. Students should be encouraged to think more instead of having to come up with a definite answer. I plan on using project based learning in my classroom after seeing that it benefits students.
Thoughtful. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI liked your blog assignment because it would cause students to see how PBL really helps in their own subject and grade. I think this would help students see even more how PBL plays out in a classroom and the impact it has on students.
ReplyDeleteErica,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment!
Dr. Strange,
ReplyDeleteThank you as well!