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When done right, project-based learning (PBL) has been shown to help students develop the soft skills they need to be successful in a variety of future careers. Instead of simply memorizing and regurgitating facts, the hands-on experiences offered in PBL programs provide students with unique experiential opportunities to really delve into a variety of academic concepts.
Centered Learning
With Centric Learning's PBL curriculum, students work on a project over an extended period (from a week to a semester) that involves them solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by developing a public product or presentation for a real audience.
New for 2024, Centric offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses for English Language and Composition, Microeconomics, and Environmental Sciences. Additionally, Centric is launching a new accelerated high school credit recovery option with pretests.
Public, private, and charter schools use Centric curriculum (and even certified teachers) for grades 3-12. Some schools use a single subject and leverage hands-on projects combined with their own school staff, while others use Centric's full program for traditional and at-risk student populations.
Centric offers everything from AP and Honors courses for traditional and advanced students, to accelerated credit recovery courses with pre-test options. Competency-based assessment and PBL formats make Centric's curriculum unique and engaging.
Both the new AP courses and credit recovery options will complement the existing Centric PBL curriculum available to students around the world. For example, are your students interested in civil engineering? In the “Making Our Community Accessible” project, high school students learn about right triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem as they design an ADA-compliant wheelchair ramp for their community.
Centric Learning Director of Curriculum and Instruction Maidie Baker says, “We are excited to offer three new AP courses as part of our PBL curriculum. Participating in AP courses not only provides a competitive advantage for students, but these courses also allow them to develop critical thinking skills, improve time management, and better prepare them for the academic challenges they will face in college.”
“Centric Learning's new accelerated credit recovery options offer an affordable and flexible solution to meeting high school graduation requirements,” says Michelle Hucal, director of sales and marketing. “Students begin by taking a pretest to determine which standards they are already proficient in, and then Centric automatically designs a customized sequence of projects to guide the student.”
With Centric Learning's live online classes, schools and districts can deliver uninterrupted, world-class project-based online learning. The combination of certified expertise, assured commitment, flexible scheduling and cost-effectiveness makes Centric Learning a valuable partner in shaping the future of education.
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