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Lesson 7

IT 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 Blooms Taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension and
application are concerned.1.
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.
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.

HIGHER LEVEL LEARNING OUTCOMES


COMPLEX THINKING SKILLS SUB- SKILLS
Focusing Defining the problem, goal/ objectivesetting, brainstorming Information gathering
Selection, recording of data of information Remembering Associating, relating new data with old Analyzing
Identifying idea construct, patterns Generating Deducting, inducting, elaborating Organizing Classifying,
relating Imagining Visualizing, predicting Designing Planning, formulating Integration Summarizing,
abstracting evaluating 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 allimportant
process consisting in a possibly a summary, a poster, an essay, a term paper, a dramatic presentation, or an
IT- based product. web- based projects guided hyper- media projects simple creations resource- based
projects Examples of IT- based projects.

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