Glossary PBL, alphabetically ordered

Chunina Anna, 31ER

Project-Based Learning
Glossary

1. 21st century skills - knowledge and skills to help you work in the real world:

critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity/innovation.

1. Analysis - is the detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation, for example, the elements and patterns related to enrollment and retention.

2. Authentic assessment - a set of methods or techniques for assessing the academic achievement of a student that includes activities requiring the application of acquired knowledge and skills to real-world situations and that is often seen as an alternative to standardized testing.

3. Brainstorming - hold a group discussion to produce ideas.

4. Cognitive engagement is a major part of overall learning engagement. An effective cognitive engagement should enable learners to immerse themselves in in-depth reflective learning processes that are situated in realistic problem-solving tasks.

5. Collaboration is the action of working with someone to produce something.

6. Critical thinking is the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking.

7. Essential (driving) question drives a project and describes what you want students to think about, explore, and formulate an answer to at the end of the project. The Question should be provocative, open-ended, complex, and linked to the core of what you want students to learn.

8. Inquiry based learning - is a form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios rather than simply presenting established facts or portraying a smooth path to knowledge.

9. Inquiry process is the scientific process of questioning, observing, predicting, testing and revising information.

10. Key knowledge, Understanding and Success Skills – the project is focused on student learning goals, including standards-based content and skills such as critical thinking/problem solving, communication, collaboration and self-management.

11. Open-ended questions are those which can’t be answered by a simple "yes" or "no," which require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer.

12. Project - the development of confidence in using English in the real world.

13. Project-Based Learning is a method of teaching that presents with a problem or challenge to solve, requires them to gather information from various resources.

14. PBL is a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning important knowledge and 21st century skills.

15. PBL is learning approach which engage students in complex, real-world projects through which they develop and apply skills and knowledge;

16. Significant Content- is the learning material that students will be using while creating the project.