This handbook describes an approach to interdisciplinary learning in which students and teachers investigate open-ended, authentic problems that have clear relevance to both themselves and to the larger community. It allows teachers to transform the curriculum into an active process of inquiry that helps students learn to set goals, direct their own learning, and build knowledge around a variety of perspectives and sources of information. This book shows how this approach is already being put to work in a variety of schools and gives teachers practical information about lesson plans, tools, and inspiring case studies. 1997. Approximately 208 pages.

Most patients quickly reschedule missed appointments, and those in more intensive treatments miss fewer appointments. Missed appointments for initial evaluation are not rescheduled most often. Patients in ongoing treatment who do not return may have histories of noncompliance with treatment. The high rate of rescheduling suggests that follow-up of patients who miss appointments should be a clinical decision rather than a routine policy.

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The path we are about .to follow, step by step, through PBL-CD will show you both the complexity and the richness inherent in this professional development and curriculum development model. Along the way, we wil I get reacquainted with our fictional teacher team of Bill, Carmen, Eric, and Coretta as they illustrate the process of planning a P B L unit and show us what P B L "IooI

Acting and Sharing: Share your analysis and plans for further development of your unit with a critical friend or friends. Talk about the potential impact of these changes on students, colleagues, parents, and others in the school community. Describe your plans for your informal conference below. The process for a critical friend dialogue should include 0 sharing your desired outcome for the conversation 0 asking your critical friend to practice active listening and ask clarifymg questions 0 asking your critical friend to offer constructive, nonjudgmental feedback I 55What Is PBL-CD and What Are the Benefits?