ABSTRACT

Twenty-first century skills, or survival skills, as termed by Tony Wagner in his book The Global Achievement Gap, involve students being able to do more than memorize facts and instead apply skills and, more importantly, problem solve. The educational system has to do a better job of preparing students to solve real-world problems. Project-based learning is an excellent vehicle to teach 21st-century skills. There is some knowledge used, some application, but in order to answer the question, the people have to analyse the situation and break it apart in order to solve it. By turning mathematics classroom into a project-based learning environment, there will be more opportunities for students to work in groups. There are some that contain lessons that could be used for other projects, so move aspects around and set them up the way that works best for students.