Project-based learning involves students exploring real-world problems and challenges in small collaborative groups while simultaneously developing cross-curricular skills. It engages students more than traditional textbook learning and helps them gain deeper knowledge while developing confidence and self-direction. Several example projects are described, including a folktale project where refugee students developed storyboards to tell folktales to middle school students, and a newspaper project where ESL students surveyed and wrote articles for a class newspaper.

1. Project Based Learning Susan Gaer, Santa Domingo Dominican Republic, 2009 [email_address]

2. What is Project Based Learning Project Based learning, is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges, simultaneously developing cross-curriculum skills while working in small collaborative groups. http:// www.edutopia.org /project-learning

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