Here are my two strategies that I’ll be implementing in my PBL:
Jigsaw activity:
Choose an aspect of your group’s presentation, could be the effects of a problem, a certain player on the football team, etc.
You will then research this aspect for up to an hour using the Internet.
You will then be placed into mixed groups containing students from different teams and will discuss what you have learned about this aspect for about 15-20 minutes.
Questions you will ask in the mixed groups:
1) What did you learn about your topic that you didn’t already know?
2) Does what you learned change your opinion about the topic?
3) How does your topic affect society, you, or the school?
4) What are the problems, challenges, weaknesses, and strengths of your topic?
Afterwards, you will come back to your home groups and discuss what you have learned for about 15-20 minutes.
Questions you will ask when back in home teams:
1) What did the other group’s topics have in common with your topics?
2) What was different about their topics and why?
3) What additional knowledge did you gain from discussing their topic or your topic?
4) Knowing what you know now about the topics, what would you change about your article, or the other groups’ articles?
At the conclusion of the home group’s discussion, each home group will give a brief oral presentation listing the five most important or interesting things they learned about their topics or the other students’ topics.
Concept Attainment:
Home teams will create quizzes about their topic after completing their articles; quizzes should be at least 15 questions long and will be embedded into the templates for the class magazine. The quizzes should follow the videos. When students read and comment on the articles at the end of the project, they will be required to complete at least two quizzes. Students will use MyStudiyo to create the quizzes.
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