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==Examples==
[[File:Project based learning in secondary school Euroinstitut.jpg|thumb|Project-based learning in secondary school Euroinstitut]]
Although projects are the primary vehicle for instruction in project-based learning, there are no commonly shared criteria for what constitutes an acceptable project. Projects vary greatly in the depth of the questions explored, the clarity of the learning goals, the content and structure of the activity, and guidance from the teacher. The role of projects in the overall curriculum is also open to interpretation. Projects can guide the entire curriculum (more common in charter or other alternative schools) or simply consist of a few hands-on activities. They might be multidisciplinary (more likely in elementary schools) or single-subject (commonly science and math). Some projects involve the whole class, while others are done in small groups or individually. For example, Perrault and Albert<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Perrault|first1=Evan K.|last2=Albert|first2=Cindy A.|date=2017-10-04|title=Utilizing project-based learning to increase sustainability attitudes among students|journal=Applied Environmental Education & Communication|volume=17|issue=2|pages=96–105|doi=10.1080/1533015x.2017.1366882|s2cid=148880970|issn=1533-015X}}</ref> report the results of a PBL assignment in a college setting surrounding creating a communication campaign for the campus' sustainability office, finding that after project completion in small groups that the students had significantly more positive attitudes toward sustainability than prior to working on the
Another example is [[Manor Independent School District|Manor New Technology High School]], a public high school that since opening in 2007 is a 100 percent project-based instruction school. Students average 60 projects a year across subjects. It is reported that 98 percent of seniors graduate, 100 percent of the graduates are accepted to college, and fifty-six percent of them have been the first in their family to attend college.<ref>[http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices-new-tech-high-school#more|What Makes Project-Based Learning a Success?]. Retrieved 2013-10-29</ref>
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