Project Method

Prepared By: Laurice SarmientoPRINT I

Learning Objectives:

* To know and understand the Project Method

* To recognize its advantages* To discuss the guidelines for its effective use

Discussion:

Project Method is a “hands-on, minds-on” method.

It involvesWhy hands-on, minds-on?

PsychomotorandCognitive(Performance) (Manipulative Skill)

What is Project Method?

Project Method:

• It requires students to present in a concrete form a learned concept or principle.•Presented in the form of a model, a dramatization or any visual illustration

APPLICATION

EX. Solar Sytem made of recycled material, Role playing, a picture of phillippine presidents

and PRODUCT

•It is sometimes referred to as “self-directed study”

“Direct experience learning”•It can be an assignment agreed upon by both teacher and student.•The project may be a task or a product.

Advantages of Project Method1. “Learning by doing”.2. Develops manipulative skill.3. Becoming resourceful and

innovative.4. Opportunity for students who are weak in oral communication.

5. Accomplishment and satisfaction.6. Instills the value of initiative, industry and creativity.

7. Cooperation and sharing ideas8. Becoming productive and enterprising

Guidelines for its Effective Use1. Assign project to a student who

is capable and interested.2. Clear objectives including the

criteria for evaluating the project.3. Check the design of the project.4. Materials are carefully selected.5. Supervision as construction of the project is going on

6.Give recognition and simple awards.

Metacognitive Approach

Learning Objectives:

* To define Metacognition

* To explain Metacognitive Approach* To apply Metacognitive Approach

MindHeart

Wisdom

FaithVirtueIntegrity

DecisionAccountability

Adversity

Choices

How many wordsDo you think you will remember?

What do you need todo to remember the words? What kind of things do you

Do to help you remember things?

Does your teacher gives you ideas

to help you remembering things?

Do you use them?

Do you think they

are useful?

MindHeart

Wisdom

FaithVirtue

IntegrityDecision

Accountability

Adversity

Choices

What is Metacognition?

Coined byJohn FlavellMetacognition consist of both

metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive experiences or regulation.

Metacognition simply put, is “thinking about thinking” or “learning how to learn”

The prefix

-Therefore, a metacognitive approach is an approach thatgoes beyond cognition.

beyond“meta”

means

-An approach that makes ourstudent to think about their thinking- A method that requires students not only to acquire thinking skills but monitor, control their commitment and attitude during the learning process.

Stop for a momentAnd thought how you

Study and learn

- Such method provides a good training for independent study.“If you teach a person what to do,

You are preparing that person for the past.If you teach a person how to learn,

you are preparing that person for the future”- Cyril Houle

Applying Metacognitive Approach• Have students to monitor

their own learning and thinking.

• Have students learn study strategies.

• Have students to make predictions.

• Have studenst to relate ideas to existing knowledge structure.

• Have students develop question.

• Help student to know when to ask for help.

• Show students how to transfer knowledge, attitudes, values, skills to other situations or task.

It offers opportunity :* for creative thinking

* for Students are able to harness potentials at their best.* to push their own limits

* to adapt new situations

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