Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom

It's time to say Yes to PBL

Project Based Learning can be messy, complicated, and downright scary. When done right, though, PBL and Inquiry are challenging, inspiring and fun for students. Best of all, when project-based learning is done right, it actually makes the teacher's job easier.

Now, you can demystify project-based learning

As questions and mysteries around PBL and inquiry continue to swirl, experienced classroom teachers and school administrators Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy have written a book that will empower those intimidated by PBL to cry, "I can do this!" while at the same time providing added value for those who are already familiar with the process. Hacking Project Based Learning demystifies what PBL is all about with 10 hacks that construct a simple path that educators and students can easily follow to achieve success.

Hacking Project Based Learning provides a simple blueprint for PBL that helps you:

  • Establish a culture of inquiry and creativity in your classroom
  • Teach the kind of collaboration skills that harness dissonance
  • Turn High Impact Takeaways (HITs) into a project based plan
  • Create Umbrella questions that drive the project
  • Build a Progress Assessment Tool (PAT) that helps students inform and assess their learning
  • Use formative assessment throughout the entire PBL experience
  • Seamlessly integrate direct instruction to enhances the process, rather than interfere with it
  • Practice the patience that inspires a productive struggle, which leads to better understanding
  • Teach and embrace reflection during and at the end of the project
  • Publish work the right way, so all stakeholders can see it

Experts rave about Hacking Project Based Learning

"HACKING PROJECT BASED LEARNING is a classroom essential. Its ten simple "hacks" will guide you through the process of setting up a learning environment in which students will thrive from start to finish."

-Daniel H. Pink, New York Times Bestselling author of DRIVE

"Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy have researched PBL from every angle and offer practical steps to make the PBL experience highly beneficial to students because they are practitioners who use it. This book is a very important "How-to" for every teacher and leader who is interested in PBL.

-Peter DeWitt, author/consultant, Finding Common Ground blog (Education Week)

"The challenge for educators with project and inquiry based learning is finding the time and having the knowledge to implement effectively. Cooper and Murphy provide a much-needed resource that addresses both of these pain points in a concise, clear manner.

-Eric Sheninger, Senior Fellow, International Center for Leadership in Education

Are you ready for an amazing productive struggle in your classroom?

Start Hacking Project Based Learning today.

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Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom

It's time to say Yes to PBL

Project Based Learning can be messy, complicated, and downright scary. When done right, though, PBL and Inquiry are challenging, inspiring and fun for students. Best of all, when project-based learning is done right, it actually makes the teacher's job easier.

Now, you can demystify project-based learning

As questions and mysteries around PBL and inquiry continue to swirl, experienced classroom teachers and school administrators Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy have written a book that will empower those intimidated by PBL to cry, "I can do this!" while at the same time providing added value for those who are already familiar with the process. Hacking Project Based Learning demystifies what PBL is all about with 10 hacks that construct a simple path that educators and students can easily follow to achieve success.

Hacking Project Based Learning provides a simple blueprint for PBL that helps you:

  • Establish a culture of inquiry and creativity in your classroom
  • Teach the kind of collaboration skills that harness dissonance
  • Turn High Impact Takeaways (HITs) into a project based plan
  • Create Umbrella questions that drive the project
  • Build a Progress Assessment Tool (PAT) that helps students inform and assess their learning
  • Use formative assessment throughout the entire PBL experience
  • Seamlessly integrate direct instruction to enhances the process, rather than interfere with it
  • Practice the patience that inspires a productive struggle, which leads to better understanding
  • Teach and embrace reflection during and at the end of the project
  • Publish work the right way, so all stakeholders can see it

Experts rave about Hacking Project Based Learning

"HACKING PROJECT BASED LEARNING is a classroom essential. Its ten simple "hacks" will guide you through the process of setting up a learning environment in which students will thrive from start to finish."

-Daniel H. Pink, New York Times Bestselling author of DRIVE

"Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy have researched PBL from every angle and offer practical steps to make the PBL experience highly beneficial to students because they are practitioners who use it. This book is a very important "How-to" for every teacher and leader who is interested in PBL.

-Peter DeWitt, author/consultant, Finding Common Ground blog (Education Week)

"The challenge for educators with project and inquiry based learning is finding the time and having the knowledge to implement effectively. Cooper and Murphy provide a much-needed resource that addresses both of these pain points in a concise, clear manner.

-Eric Sheninger, Senior Fellow, International Center for Leadership in Education

Are you ready for an amazing productive struggle in your classroom?

Start Hacking Project Based Learning today.

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It's time to say Yes to PBL

Project Based Learning can be messy, complicated, and downright scary. When done right, though, PBL and Inquiry are challenging, inspiring and fun for students. Best of all, when project-based learning is done right, it actually makes the teacher's job easier.

Now, you can demystify project-based learning

As questions and mysteries around PBL and inquiry continue to swirl, experienced classroom teachers and school administrators Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy have written a book that will empower those intimidated by PBL to cry, "I can do this!" while at the same time providing added value for those who are already familiar with the process. Hacking Project Based Learning demystifies what PBL is all about with 10 hacks that construct a simple path that educators and students can easily follow to achieve success.

Hacking Project Based Learning provides a simple blueprint for PBL that helps you:

  • Establish a culture of inquiry and creativity in your classroom
  • Teach the kind of collaboration skills that harness dissonance
  • Turn High Impact Takeaways (HITs) into a project based plan
  • Create Umbrella questions that drive the project
  • Build a Progress Assessment Tool (PAT) that helps students inform and assess their learning
  • Use formative assessment throughout the entire PBL experience
  • Seamlessly integrate direct instruction to enhances the process, rather than interfere with it
  • Practice the patience that inspires a productive struggle, which leads to better understanding
  • Teach and embrace reflection during and at the end of the project
  • Publish work the right way, so all stakeholders can see it

Experts rave about Hacking Project Based Learning

"HACKING PROJECT BASED LEARNING is a classroom essential. Its ten simple "hacks" will guide you through the process of setting up a learning environment in which students will thrive from start to finish."

-Daniel H. Pink, New York Times Bestselling author of DRIVE

"Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy have researched PBL from every angle and offer practical steps to make the PBL experience highly beneficial to students because they are practitioners who use it. This book is a very important "How-to" for every teacher and leader who is interested in PBL.

-Peter DeWitt, author/consultant, Finding Common Ground blog (Education Week)

"The challenge for educators with project and inquiry based learning is finding the time and having the knowledge to implement effectively. Cooper and Murphy provide a much-needed resource that addresses both of these pain points in a concise, clear manner.

-Eric Sheninger, Senior Fellow, International Center for Leadership in Education

Are you ready for an amazing productive struggle in your classroom?

Start Hacking Project Based Learning today.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780986104985
Publisher: Times 10 Publications
Publication date: 12/18/2016
Series: Hack Learning , #9
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 6.02(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Ross Cooper is currently an administrator in the Chappaqua Central School District. Previously, he was an elementary school principal, K-12 curriculum supervisor, elementary assistant principal, and fourth grade teacher. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified Innovator. As a nationally recognized leader in project based learning, he has worked with thousands of educators across the country to implement PBL. In 2021 he coauthored Project Based Learning: Real Questions. Real Answers. How to Unpack PBL and Inquiry, and in 2016 he coauthored Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom. While his day job is his first professional priority, he finds time to conduct workshops and speak on project based learning, inquiry-based learning, student-centered learning, instructional leadership, his professional experiences, and more. When he is not working, he enjoys eating steak and pizza and provoking his four beautiful nephews and niece.

Erin Murphy is coauthor of Project Based Learning: Real Questions. Real Answers. How to Unpack PBL and Inquiry and Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom. She regularly consults with other leaders and learners regarding literacy, learning, and leadership. Erin spent four years as a middle school assistant principal and has classroom experiences ranging from kindergarten through fifth grade. Currently, Erin has the pleasure of serving as the Supervisor of Teaching & Learning for the humanities subjects in the East Penn School District. Erin, her husband, and her two curious daughters reside in Pennsylvania, and the family enjoys spending time gardening, watching football, and playing board games.

As a full-time voice talent and Audie-nominated audiobook narrator, Lyle Blaker has narrated nearly 100 audiobook titles, as well as countless hours of e-learning narration for major companies such as Houghton Mifflin, Harvard Business School, and Refinery Pass, and is an often-used voice for WGBH Channel 2 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is known for his warm, friendly, and approachable narration style.

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Simple, but not too simple
Hack 1: Develop a Space That Promotes Risk-Taking . 17
Establish a culture of inquiry and creativity
Hack 2: Teach Collaboration Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Harness dissonance to enhance learning
Hack 3: Magnify PBL-Worthy Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Construct High Impact Takeaways
Hack 4: Create a Vision for Your Project . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turn High Impact Takeaways into a project based plan
Hack 5: Wrap the Learning in Inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Transform High Impact Takeaways into an Umbrella Question
Hack 6: Shift the Ownership of Assessment . . . . . . . . . 73
Facilitate a Progress Assessment Tool
Hack 7: Make Feedback Everyone's Business . . . . . . . 87
Drive student learning with conferencing and feedback
Hack 8: Reserve the Right to Mini-Lesson . . . . . . . . . . 97
Integrate direct instruction as necessary
Hack 9: Guarantee Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Determine the need for summative assessments
Hack 10: Finish Off Your Project in Style . . . . . . . . . . 119
Infuse reflection and publishing
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
PBL, Yes I Can!
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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