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  What Is a Student Portfolio ? A student portfolio is a collection of a student’s work that shows the general student’s progress, development, skills, and successes over time. It can include examples of project work, completed assignments, and work created by the student – including for apprentices and students of courses. Student portfolios can be digital or physical, but digital student portfolios are becoming more popular because they are easier to use and more convenient. You might use them as a beginning of your professional digital or physical portfolios, but they are also invaluable when applying to some universities, colleges, and professional courses. Student portfolios can showcase work and demonstrate your growth to anyone interested in recruiting you. Teachers can also use student portfolios because they make it easier to track each student’s development over time, see where the student needs to improve, and give the student useful feedback on their learning jour...

What is Cooperative Learning? Cooperative Learning involves structuring classes around small groups that work together in such a way that each group member's success is dependent on the group's success. There are different kinds of groups for different situations, but they all balance some key elements that distinguish cooperative learning from competitive or individualistic learning. Cooperative learning can also be contrasted with what it is not. Cooperation is not having students sit side-by-side at the same table to talk with each other as they do their individual assignments. Cooperation is not assigning a report to a group of students where one student does all the work and the others put their names on the product as well. Cooperation involves much more than being physically near other students, discussing material, helping, or sharing material with other students. There is a crucial difference between simply putting students into groups to learn and in structuring coope...

  What is Project-Based Learning? Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge. In Project Based Learning, teachers make learning come alive for students. Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience. As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. Project Based Learning unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers .  How does PBL differ from “doing a project”? PBL is becoming widely used in schools and other educational settings, wi...