Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students: A Step-by-Step Guide to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom

by Todd Stanley

Overview

Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students: A Step-by-Step Guide to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom outlines how to implement PBL in the gifted classroom. This fully updated second edition:

• Guides teachers to create a project-based learning environment in their own classroom.
• Includes helpful examples and reproducible lessons that all teachers can use to get started.
• Focuses on student choice, teacher responsibility, and opportunities for differentiation.
• Provides a step-by-step process for linking projects with standards and finding the right structure.
• Helps build a practical and engaging classroom environment.

Use this must-have guide to challenge students' thinking, promote rigor, and build engaging authentic, real-world, inquiry-based learning experiences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646321070
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/01/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Todd Stanley is author of seven teacher education books including Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students: A Handbook for the 21st-Century Classroom and Performance-Based Assessment for 21st-Century Skills.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition vii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 What Is Project-Based Learning, and Why Should We Use It? 3

Chapter 2 Creating Ownership With Calendars, Contracts, and Rubrics 17

Chapter 3 How to Use Learning Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy With Projects 29

Chapter 4 Finding the Structure That Works for You, Your Classroom, and Your Students 39

Chapter 5 Ways to Vary the Structure of Projects 49

Chapter 6 Implementing the Structure With Students, Parents, Administration, and Staff 63

Chapter 7 Teaching Students to Create Rubrics 71

Chapter 8 Technology, Resources, and Classroom Environment 91

Chapter 9 Teaching in the Project-Based Classroom: Becoming a Manager 99

Conclusion: Empowering Students 109

References 111

Appendix A Reproducibles 115

Appendix B Examples of Projects 129

About the Author 157