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A Literature Review on the Definition and Process of Project-Based Learning and Other Relative Studies
Foreign Languages Department, Baoding University, Baoding, China
Foreign Languages Department, Baoding University, Baoding, China
- 1 Foreign Languages Department, Baoding University, Baoding, China
- 2 Foreign Languages Department, Baoding University, Baoding, China
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Abstract
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a student-centered model that organizes learning and studying around projects. It has gained some popularity in second language education and exercised positive influence on educational practices. This paper gives a selective review of the researches on Project-Based Learning from different aspects, including the definition of PBL, the process of PBL and other relative studies, in the hope that this may, to some extent, render help to teachers who employ PBL in varying degrees.
KeywordsProject-Based LearningReviewStudies
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