This study explores the feasibility of improving the learning adaptability of freshmen through
project-based learning on career themes. A control study was conducted on parallel classes with no
significant differences in sixth grade, and a 1-semester experiment was conducted. The study took whether
career theme project-based learning counseling was carried out as independent variable, and the level of
students’ learning adaptability as dependent variable, obtained data, and constructed a mesomeric effect
model. The results showed that, junior high school freshmen who participated in project-based learning
courses would be less likely to produce learning anxiety, and their learning adaptability was better; On
the contrary, if junior high school freshmen do not participate in project-based learning courses, they
are prone to developing learning anxiety and poor learning adaptability; The direct effect of participating
in project-based learning courses is significant, but the impact of participating in project-based learning
courses on learning adaptability can also be mediated by a variable - learning anxiety.