- - Project-based learning (PBL), "students work in groups to solve challenging problems that are authentic, curriculum-based and often interdisciplinary" (Sheppard and Stoller, 1995). This lesson can make us know the ten steps of PBL by Sheppard and Stoller(1995).
- Step 1: Students and instructor agree on the theme for the project.
- Step 2: Students and instructor determine the final outcome of the project.
- Step 3: Students and instructor structure the project.
- Step 4: Instructor prepares students for the demands of information gathering.
- Step 5: Students gather information.
- Step 6: Instructor prepares students to compile and analyze data.
- Step 7: Students compile and analyze information
- Step 8: Instructor prepares students for the language demands of the final activity.
- Step 9: Students present the final product.
- Step 10: Students evaluate the project.
We could know the seven traits of every good project needs by John Larmer and John R. Mergendoller ,2010,http://www.ascd.org/cache/publications/educational_leadership/sept10/vol68/num01/Seven_Essentials_for_Project-Based_Learning.aspx. We have also learned Purposeful Language Assessment about types of assessments, testing formats, and testing procedures from John M.Norris, 2000,http://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/50_3_10_norris.pdf. Moreover, we have learnt about the Twenty Common Testing Mistakes for EFL Teachers to Avoid by Grant Henning, 1982, http://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/50_3_8_henning.pdf.
2. WebQuests, we have learnt that making a WebQuet is really helpful for teacher and students to help their teaching and learning go smoothly. We can make a WebQuest by Zunal.com or we can go to http://www.webquest.org/ to learn more about making it.
3. Rubrics, we have learnt how to design our own rubrics for our own class through website: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php. Here we don't need to spend much time on it to design any kinds of rubrics we want.
