Problem Based Writing (ESU) Curtis Chandler

Curtis ChandlerBetterLearningForSchools.com

@CurtisChandler6

Engaging Students Through Problem-Based Writing

@CurtisChandler6

Social Studies

1.! Choices have consequences.2.! Individuals have rights and responsibilities.3.! Societies are shaped by beliefs, idea, and diversity.4.! Societies experience continuity and change over time.5.! Relationships between people, place, idea, and environments are dynamic.

1) an essential body of knowledge

2) the ability to use that knowledge to solve problems

3) the ability to extend/improve knowledge in order to solve problems in

the future

(Howard Barrows)

Learning naturally results when we give pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such nature as to demand thinking, or the intentional

noting of connections...

(Dewey, 1916, 1944)

Learning naturally results when we give pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such nature as to demand thinking, or the intentional

noting of connections...

(Dewey, 1916, 1944)

Learning naturally results when we give pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such nature as to demand thinking, or the intentional

noting of connections...

(Dewey, 1916, 1944)

� Knowledge of content� Problem or challenge

that requires application of skills/

content� Limited resources� Multiple solutions to a

single problem

What could that look like at ?

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Problem-based Learning

•educates students by presenting them with a situation that LEADS to a problem for them to solve

Problem-based Learning

•educates students by presenting them with a situation that LEADS to a problem for them to solve

Writing_________

•NOT just about finding a correct answer

Problem-based Learning

•NOT just about finding a correct answer

Problem-based Learning Writing_________

•students learn THROUGH the act of trying to solve the problem

Problem-based Learning

•students learn THROUGH the act of trying to solve the problem

Problem-based Learning Writing_________

•students INTERPRET the problem, GATHER information, and CREATE possible solutions

Problem-based Learning

•students INTERPRET the problem, GATHER information, and CREATE possible solutions

Problem-based Learning Writing_________

•students EVALUATE options and PRESENT their conclusions

(Delisie & ASCD, 2007)

Problem-based Learning

•students EVALUATE options and PRESENT their conclusions

(Delisie & ASCD, 2007)

Problem-based Learning Writing_________

• Is about doing...not just writing!

Problem-based Learning Writing_________

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-Follow basic paragraph structure. -Include a link to at least one outside source.

Who would win in a battle...a ninja or a pirate?

In the future, I think predict that ______ and _______ will be

extremely expensive.

The reason I feel this way is

because...

For example...

•Transcends disclinplines

Problem-based Learning Writing_________

How do you keep a small Kansas town from dying out?

How do you persuade others to that your opinion is better than others?

1. Analyze initial photos.2. Build a ship.3. Gather data.4. Compile and present your

findings.

Black hole!

Nuclear fallout!

Meteor!

Black hole!

Nuclear fallout!

Meteor!

1. Build a ship.2. Record gather as much data as

you can.3. Analyze your pictures/data.4. Compile and present your

findings.

S.E.T.I. STONE

NAME_______________________ DATE____________ HR____________ Teacher explanation- I don’t know how many of you have ever heard of the Voyager space crafts. They were either the coolest or the dumbest ideas that NASA has ever had. The cool part…these crafts were designed to travel from Earth, through our solar system, and then out into space. The crafts looked like this. Many of the coolest things we know about other planets were discovered from the Voyagers’ trips. We discovered a bunch of new moons, new rings around planets, etc. Pretty cool stuff. Now, the other cool part, or the dumb part, depending on how you see it--if you look closely at the picture you will see this weird, golden disc. You see, some scientists who are convinced that aliens actually exist attached this giant, golden DVD-looking-thing the space craft. On the “D VD” there were pictures, sounds, and all sorts of stuff. If you want to see everything that is on it, click here. Don’t believe us? Click here if you want to read about it on NASA’s site. By the way, one of the messages on the disk was this… “Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us if you have time.” So IF aliens do exist and…IF they intercept the golden disc, they will probably come eat us! Way to go NASA!

Don’t Eat Us...Part 1

Create a P.Y.S.E.U. Stone

Your job is to convince the aliens not to eat us with some evidence that we are civilized. The catch is... if they see you, you’ll be lunch! Instead of speaking with them, you must create you own P.Y.S.E.U. (Proof You Shouldn’t Eat Us) stone. I have a scientist friend at KSU named Paul Verhage who sends monstrous weather balloons into the top of near space to take pictures, video, and to record data. He has agreed to send your projects up into space, attached to one of his crafts, just like NASA did as long as we can get them all on a single DVD. Each of your projects will be two sided and look something like this: FRONT (pictures) BACK (paragraphs)

NAME_______________________ DATE____________ HR____________ Teacher explanation- I don’t know how many of you have ever heard of the Voyager space crafts. They were either the coolest or the dumbest ideas that NASA has ever had. The cool part…these crafts were designed to travel from Earth, through our solar system, and then out into space. The crafts looked like this. Many of the coolest things we know about other planets were discovered from the Voyagers’ trips. We discovered a bunch of new moons, new rings around planets, etc. Pretty cool stuff. Now, the other cool part, or the dumb part, depending on how you see it--if you look closely at the picture you will see this weird, golden disc. You see, some scientists who are convinced that aliens actually exist attached this giant, golden DVD-looking-thing the space craft. On the “D VD” there were pictures, sounds, and all sorts of stuff. If you want to see everything that is on it, click here. Don’t believe us? Click here if you want to read about it on NASA’s site. By the way, one of the messages on the disk was this… “Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us if you have time.” So IF aliens do exist and…IF they intercept the golden disc, they will probably come eat us! Way to go NASA!

Don’t Eat Us...Part 1

Create a P.Y.S.E.U. Stone

Your job is to convince the aliens not to eat us with some evidence that we are civilized. The catch is... if they see you, you’ll be lunch! Instead of speaking with them, you must create you own P.Y.S.E.U. (Proof You Shouldn’t Eat Us) stone. I have a scientist friend at KSU named Paul Verhage who sends monstrous weather balloons into the top of near space to take pictures, video, and to record data. He has agreed to send your projects up into space, attached to one of his crafts, just like NASA did as long as we can get them all on a single DVD. Each of your projects will be two sided and look something like this: FRONT (pictures) BACK (paragraphs)

NAME_______________________ DATE____________ HR____________ Teacher explanation- I don’t know how many of you have ever heard of the Voyager space crafts. They were either the coolest or the dumbest ideas that NASA has ever had. The cool part…these crafts were designed to travel from Earth, through our solar system, and then out into space. The crafts looked like this. Many of the coolest things we know about other planets were discovered from the Voyagers’ trips. We discovered a bunch of new moons, new rings around planets, etc. Pretty cool stuff. Now, the other cool part, or the dumb part, depending on how you see it--if you look closely at the picture you will see this weird, golden disc. You see, some scientists who are convinced that aliens actually exist attached this giant, golden DVD-looking-thing the space craft. On the “D VD” there were pictures, sounds, and all sorts of stuff. If you want to see everything that is on it, click here. Don’t believe us? Click here if you want to read about it on NASA’s site. By the way, one of the messages on the disk was this… “Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us if you have time.” So IF aliens do exist and…IF they intercept the golden disc, they will probably come eat us! Way to go NASA!

Don’t Eat Us...Part 1

Create a P.Y.S.E.U. Stone

Your job is to convince the aliens not to eat us with some evidence that we are civilized. The catch is... if they see you, you’ll be lunch! Instead of speaking with them, you must create you own P.Y.S.E.U. (Proof You Shouldn’t Eat Us) stone. I have a scientist friend at KSU named Paul Verhage who sends monstrous weather balloons into the top of near space to take pictures, video, and to record data. He has agreed to send your projects up into space, attached to one of his crafts, just like NASA did as long as we can get them all on a single DVD. Each of your projects will be two sided and look something like this: FRONT (pictures) BACK (paragraphs)

Launch

NAME_______________________ DATE____________ HR____________ Teacher explanation- I don’t know how many of you have ever heard of the Voyager space crafts. They were either the coolest or the dumbest ideas that NASA has ever had. The cool part…these crafts were designed to travel from Earth, through our solar system, and then out into space. The crafts looked like this. Many of the coolest things we know about other planets were discovered from the Voyagers’ trips. We discovered a bunch of new moons, new rings around planets, etc. Pretty cool stuff. Now, the other cool part, or the dumb part, depending on how you see it--if you look closely at the picture you will see this weird, golden disc. You see, some scientists who are convinced that aliens actually exist attached this giant, golden DVD-looking-thing the space craft. On the “D VD” there were pictures, sounds, and all sorts of stuff. If you want to see everything that is on it, click here. Don’t believe us? Click here if you want to read about it on NASA’s site. By the way, one of the messages on the disk was this… “Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us if you have time.” So IF aliens do exist and…IF they intercept the golden disc, they will probably come eat us! Way to go NASA!

Don’t Eat Us...Part 1

Create a P.Y.S.E.U. Stone

Your job is to convince the aliens not to eat us with some evidence that we are civilized. The catch is... if they see you, you’ll be lunch! Instead of speaking with them, you must create you own P.Y.S.E.U. (Proof You Shouldn’t Eat Us) stone. I have a scientist friend at KSU named Paul Verhage who sends monstrous weather balloons into the top of near space to take pictures, video, and to record data. He has agreed to send your projects up into space, attached to one of his crafts, just like NASA did as long as we can get them all on a single DVD. Each of your projects will be two sided and look something like this: FRONT (pictures) BACK (paragraphs)

Launch

NAME_______________________ DATE____________ HR____________ Teacher explanation- I don’t know how many of you have ever heard of the Voyager space crafts. They were either the coolest or the dumbest ideas that NASA has ever had. The cool part…these crafts were designed to travel from Earth, through our solar system, and then out into space. The crafts looked like this. Many of the coolest things we know about other planets were discovered from the Voyagers’ trips. We discovered a bunch of new moons, new rings around planets, etc. Pretty cool stuff. Now, the other cool part, or the dumb part, depending on how you see it--if you look closely at the picture you will see this weird, golden disc. You see, some scientists who are convinced that aliens actually exist attached this giant, golden DVD-looking-thing the space craft. On the “D VD” there were pictures, sounds, and all sorts of stuff. If you want to see everything that is on it, click here. Don’t believe us? Click here if you want to read about it on NASA’s site. By the way, one of the messages on the disk was this… “Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us if you have time.” So IF aliens do exist and…IF they intercept the golden disc, they will probably come eat us! Way to go NASA!

Don’t Eat Us...Part 1

Create a P.Y.S.E.U. Stone

Your job is to convince the aliens not to eat us with some evidence that we are civilized. The catch is... if they see you, you’ll be lunch! Instead of speaking with them, you must create you own P.Y.S.E.U. (Proof You Shouldn’t Eat Us) stone. I have a scientist friend at KSU named Paul Verhage who sends monstrous weather balloons into the top of near space to take pictures, video, and to record data. He has agreed to send your projects up into space, attached to one of his crafts, just like NASA did as long as we can get them all on a single DVD. Each of your projects will be two sided and look something like this: FRONT (pictures) BACK (paragraphs)

Launch

Why do other countries hate the United States of

America?

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Social Studies

1.! Choices have consequences.2.! Individuals have rights and responsibilities.3.! Societies are shaped by beliefs, idea, and diversity.4.! Societies experience continuity and change over time.5.! Relationships between people, place, idea, and environments are dynamic.

• Is about doing...not just writing!

Problem-based Learning Writing_________

Curtis ChandlerBetterLearningForSchools.com

@CurtisChandler6

Engaging Students Through Problem-Based Writing