Administration should say, 'I'm going to pay you to learn how to do this right, but then you must show me results. As of June 2000 the district is requiring all students to complete one multidisciplinary project before graduating from high school. It forces teachers to learn a new pedagogy, and it prepares students for their future. Publishes Creating and Assessing Performance-Based Projects by Janet Banks. K'NEX offers children play value through building and bringing models to life.
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The Learning Company offers several project-based learning aids. Students learn to take charge of their education by being actively involved by writing inquiries and planning the real-life project. Students create a product or performance for an appropriate audience, showing what they know and what they are able to do with that knowledge. Students reflect on their own work and that of others, giving and receiving constructive feedback, then making necessary revisions. Assessment is authentic and ongoing, with attention given to learner characteristics and processes students go through.