Nicholas Provenzano (@thenerdayteacher) wrote a great blog post recently on why he thinks PBL is so effective with students. He focuses on five areas:

• Ownership
• Creativity
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Fun

One of the lines I took away from the post includes:

“When the audience is larger, they want to impress everyone.” Amen.

Read the rest of the post here. Then, go follow him on Twitter. He’s worth your time.