The PBL Methodology

CERTL teachers in all grade levels and subject areas are trained to produce PBL activities following a standard methodolgy. Each CERTL approved "case" is facilitated by a CERTL qualified teacher in the following manner:

A student reads the problem aloud in group.
Students identify the facts, “What they know.”
Students identify Learning Issues, “What they don’t know.”
Students identify what could be going on, their ideas to move them forward in exploration.
Students make decisions about how to proceed.
Students acquire new information through research or additional resources.
Students test their ideas against new knowledge, re-rank ideas as needed.
Students continue to acquire new information and integrate it with that they know.
Students arrive at most viable and defendable hypothesis/solution.

At the End of the Day...

Students know what they know with confidence.
Students can identify what they do not know/need to know.
Students can efficiently and effectively acquire new information, integrate it with existing knowledge, use it to move towards problem resolution.