Designing a student-centered classroom

Part of my Master’s project involves creating a project/problem based learning (PBL) environment for my 9th grade science classroom. I’m getting to the point where I need to start nailing down some specifics, so I’m going to lay down what I’m thinking here (publish-then-filter, right?). Your comments and critiques are welcome.

I’ve seen several example [...]

A new project- Introduction

Though delayed by a trip back to Michigan, an excellent week at the Constructing Modern Knowledge Summer Institute1, and now a week in Chicago while my wife attends a conference for work, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my Masters project. Today, sitting in a coffee house on Michigan Ave., I started [...]