Problem-Based Learning in Middle and High School Classrooms : A Teacher′s Guide to Implementation.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- What to Do? Why to Do it? -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Chapter 1 - Problem-Based Learning: What and Why -- Knowing What -- Collaboration and Differentiation -- PBL Provides Relevance to Learners -- PBL Teaches Lifelong Problem-Solving Skills -- The PBL Process in Action -- In a Nutshell -- Chapter 2 - PBL in the Middle School Classroom -- Getting Started -- Delivering Problems to Students -- Problem Examples -- PBL Problem Sources -- Further Considerations for Middle School Classrooms -- Chapter 3 - PBL in the High School Classroom -- In the Beginning -- Introducing PBL Problems -- Problem Examples -- PBL Problem Sources -- Further Considerations for High School Classrooms -- Chapter 4 - And the Problem is -- Developing PBL Problems for Classroom Use -- Aligning Developed Problems with Standards -- Getting Started -- Using Resources with PBL Problems -- Cautions and Hints in PBL Problem Development -- A Final Word -- Chapter 5 - Knowing You Did it -- Making the PBL Grade with Authentic Assessments -- PBL and Assessment Examples -- Going Beyond Content Assessment -- Using Portfolios with PBL -- More PBL Assessment Examples -- Using Self-Assessments and Peer Assessments with PBL -- Chapter 6 - The Whole Picture -- PBL and Cooperative Learning -- PBL and Service Learning -- PBL and Project-Based Learning -- PBL and Traditional Strategies -- Using it all, Using it Well -- Chapter 7 - PBL Beyond the Middle and High School Classrooms -- The Future for Students -- The Future for PBL -- Resources -- Resource A: Additional PBL Problems for Middle School and High School -- Resource B: PBL Process Charts -- Resource C: Guidelines for Facilitating PBL -- References -- Index.

Lambros gives teachers all the tools they need for PBL instruction to boost reading comprehension, social skill development, content retention, and student motivation.

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