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IT for HIGHER THINKING SKILLS and CREATIVITY. LESSON 7. A new challenge has arisen for today’s learners ; Students who can do more than receive, recall and recite Students who apply the knowledge they have required Students who are cognitive, flexible, analytical and creative.
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A new challenge has arisen for today’s learners ; • Students who can do more than receive, recall and recite • Students who apply the knowledge they have required • Students who are cognitive, flexible, analytical and creative
THE UPGRADED PROJECT METHOD • For higher learning outcomes • Students work on projects with depth, complexity, duration and relevance to the real world • Students active creation of information • Reflective thinking on topics that have a real-world quality to them • Tighter link between the use of projects and the process of complex/higher thinking
THE CONSTRUCTIVIST PARADIGM • Students make decisions about what to put into the project • How to organize information • How to package the outcomes of presentation • The teacher guides and facilitates the learning process
The PROCESS refers to the thinking/affective/psychomotor process that occurs on the part of the learner. This comprises the journey that actualizes learning. The PRODUCT is the result of this all-important process consisting in possibly a summary, a poster, an essay, a term paper, a dramatic presentation, or an It-based product.