LESSON 7IT FOR HIGHER

THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY

The presentation is followed by discussion and the giving of assignment. Among the assignments maybe a research on a given topic. This teaching approach has been proven successful for achieving learning outcomes following the lower end of Bloom’s Taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension and application are concerned.

In the traditional information absorption model of teaching, the teacher organizes and presents information to student- learners. He may use a variety of teaching resources to support the lesson such as chalkboard, videotape , newspapers or magazine and photos.

Today students are expected to be not only cognitive, but also flexible , analytical and creative. In this lesson, there are methods proposed for the use of computer- based technologies as an integral support to higher thinking skills and creativity.

HIGHER LEVEL LEARNING OUTCOMES

To define higher level thinking skills and creativity, we may adopt a framework that is a helpful synthesis of many models and definitions on the subject.

COMPLEX THINKING SKILLS SUB- SKILLSFocusing Defining the problem, goal/

objective-setting, brainstormingInformation gathering Selection, recording of data of

informationRemembering Associating, relating new data

with oldAnalyzing Identifying idea construct,

patternsGenerating Deducting, inducting,

elaboratingOrganizing Classifying, relatingImagining Visualizing, predictingDesigning Planning, formulatingIntegration Summarizing, abstractingevaluating Setting criteria, testing idea,

verifying outcomes, revising

THE UPGRADED PROJECT METHOD

The modern day teacher can now be guided on his goal to help student achieve higher level thinking skills and creativity beyond the ordinary benchmark of the students passing even excelling achievement tests.

There is a tighter link between the use of projects for simply coming up with the products to having the students undergo the process of complex/ higher thinking under the framework of the constructivist paradigm.

The project method for higher learning outcomes consists in having the students work on projects with depth, complexity, duration and relevance to the real world.

THE PROCESS

The process of project implementation takes the students to the steps, efforts, and experiences in project completion.

THE PROCESS IS MORE THAN THE

PRODUCT..

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 a possibly a summary, a poster, an essay, a term paper, a dramatic presentation, or an IT- based product.

Examples of IT- based projects:

resource- based projects simple creations guided hyper- media projects web- based projects

But for now, let’s recap: LETS TAKE THE JOURNEY TO HIGHER/ COMPLEX THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY for teaching-and-learning in an information age.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!!!!!

Prepared by:

MISCHELLE C. SANCHEZJESSICA BALELA

BSED 312/ SOCIAL STUDIES