Unit 2: Modeled Instructional Support

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Mini-Course: Authenticity in the Classroom

Introduction: The purpose of this unit is to provide you with an authentic scenario-based model in which you can use both your prior knowledge and what you've learned from Unit One to identify the 7 Steps of Project-Based Learning and how it can be combined with students' personal interests.

Throughout this unit, you will identify the 7 Steps of PBL and state how the lesson can be improved.

Lesson 1 - Theory into Practice

Cheryl Bautista of Katherine Smith Elementary School in San Jose, CA explores how students can become connected through PBL and PIBL. In a city of a dramatically growing population, Ms. Bautista and her 3rd grade students work together to solve a real world problem that concerns them all.

The following video, "The Tiny House Project", walks the viewer through the rational and steps of the PBL and PIBL models. As you're watching, answer the following questions using what you've learned from Unit One as well as your own prior knowledge.

Assessment:

A. Identify each of the 7 Steps of Project-Based Learning:

1. A Need to Know
2. A Driving Question
3. Voice and Choice Based on Age and Level
4. 21st Century Skills
5. Inquiry and Creativity
6. Feedback and Revision
7. Public Presentation

B. Of the seven steps, which ones did you see Ms. Bautista perform well and which ones not so well? What are ways that you can improve this lesson using the seven steps?

C. In what ways did Ms. Bautista include students' personal interests in this project? How do you think she could have improved on this?