Higher Thinking

Skills through ITBased Projects

(Resource Based
Projects)
Presented By: Elldhie Caunca
BSE-Social Studies

 In

this lesson, we shall discuss four types of IT-based projects

which can effectively be used in order to engage students in
activities of a higher plane of thinking.

It

is to be understood that these projects do not address all of

the thinking skills shown previously in the Thinking skills
Framework. But these projects represent constructivist
projects, containing the key elements of a constructivist
approach to instruction, namely:
The

teacher creating the learning environment.

The

teacher giving students the tools and facilities.

The

teacher facilitating learning

 The

students themselves who demonstrate higher

thinking skills and creativity through such activities
searching for information, organizing and
synthesizing ideas, creating presentations, and like.

Resource-based Projects

In these projects, the teacher steps out of the traditional role

of being an content expert and information provider, and
instead lets the students find their own facts and information.
Only when necessary for the active learning process does the
teacher step in to supply data or information. The general
flow of events in resource-based projects are:
The

teacher determines the topic for the examination of

the class

The

teacher presents the problem to the class.

The

students find information on the problem/questions.

Students

organize their information in response to the

problem/questions.

 Relating

to finding information, the central principle

is to make the students go beyond the textbook and
curriculum materials. Students are also encouraged
to go to the library particularly to the modern
extension of the modern library, the Internet

 The

inquiry-based or discovery approach is given

importance in resource-based projects. This requires that the
students, individually or cooperatively with members of his
group, relate gathered information to the real world.

The table below can provide the difference between the traditional and
resource-based learning approach to instruction.
Traditional Learning Model

Resource-based learning Model

Teacher is expert and information provider.

Teacher is a guide and facilitator.

Textbook is key source of information.

Sources are varied (print, video, internet, etc.).

Focus on facts information is packaged in neat

parcels.

Focus on learning inquiry/ quest/discovery.

The product is the be-all and end-all of

learning.

Emphasis on process

Assessment is quantitative

Assessment is quantitative and qualitative