Overview
Description
NVTC 401 provides an investigation of the theory that drives project-based instruction (PBI) and a technological component to support PBI.
Requirements
Units
Lecture2
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- discuss the importance of project-based instruction in terms of secondary students’ cognitive development, equity, and motivation.
- evaluate the usefulness of technology in achieving learning objectives and select appropriate resources for student use based on the relationship of salient features of the technology to learning objectives.
- describe examples of project-based instruction in mathematics or science and analyze those examples in terms of several well-studied, field-tested models for PBI.
- compare and contrast observations of “real” project-based classrooms with those presented in readings and with theoretical models.
- use PBL design principles to develop interdisciplinary, two-to-four week project-based units for secondary school classes.
- develop alternative assessment strategies appropriate for project-based instruction.
- discuss lab safety and liability issues related to project-based instruction in wet labs or field experiences.
- integrate relevant technologies into the development of projects and curricular units.