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Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning : A must for 21century Education

                                                                                                            Narayan Prasad Sapkota

                                                                                                            Master Trainer, Quest Nepal

Studies have proven that when implemented well, project-based learning (PBL) can increase retention of content and improve students’ attitudes toward learning, among other benefits.

What Is Project-Based Learning?

PBL hails from a tradition of pedagogy which asserts that students learn best by experiencing and solving real-world problems. According to researchers (Barron & Darling-Hammond, 2008; Thomas, 2000), PBL essentially involves the following:

·               students learning knowledge to tackle realistic problems as they would be solved in the real world,

·               increased student control over his or her learning,

·               teachers serving as coaches and facilitators of inquiry and reflection, and

·               Students (usually, but not always) working in pairs or groups.

Teachers can create real-world problem-solving situations by designing questions and tasks that correspond to two different frameworks of inquiry-based teaching: problem-based learning, which tackles a problem but doesn’t necessarily include a student project, and project-based learning, which involves a complex task and some form of student presentation, and/or students creating an actual product or artifact.

These inquiry-based teaching methods engage students in creating, questioning, and revising knowledge, while developing their skills in critical thinking, collaboration, communication, reasoning, synthesis, and resilience (Barron & Darling-Hammond, 2008). Although these methods of inquiry-based teaching differ slightly, for simplicity they’re combined in these pages and referred to as project-based learning or PBL.

Learning Outcomes

Studies comparing learning outcomes for students taught via project-based learning versus traditional instruction show that when implemented well, PBL increases long-term retention of content, helps students perform as well as or better than traditional learners in high-stakes tests, improves problem-solving and collaboration skills, and improves students’ attitudes toward learning (Strobel & van Barneveld, 2009; Walker & Leary, 2009). PBL can also provide an effective model for whole-school reform (National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform, 2004; Newmann & Wehlage, 1995).

Keys to Project-Based Learning Success

Researchers have identified several components that are critical to successful PBL (Barron & Darling-Hammond, 2008; Ertmer & Simons, 2005; Mergendoller & Thomas, 2005; Hung, 2008). While project-based learning has been criticized in the past for not being rigorous enough, the following features will greatly improve the chances of a project's success.

1.      A realistic problem or project that aligns with students' skills and interests, and requires learning clearly defined content and skills.

2.      Structured group work with groups of three to four students, with diverse skill levels and interdependent roles; team rewards; and individual accountability, based on student growth.

3.      Multi-faceted assessment, with multiple opportunities for students to receive feedback and revise their work (e.g., benchmarks, reflective activities); multiple learning outcomes (e.g., problem-solving, content, collaboration); and presentations that encourage participation and signal social value (e.g. exhibitions, portfolios, performances, reports).

4.      Participation in a professional learning network, including collaborating and reflecting upon PBL experiences in the classroom with colleagues, and courses in inquiry-based teaching methods.

Carefully Calibrated Project Design

In general, PBL projects begin by presenting a driving question, one that focuses on intended learning objectives, aligns with students' skills, and appeals to students' interests. PBL can range from being highly structured -- to guide students toward the most efficient, optimal solution -- to having multiple or even no clear solutions (for example, a study of climate change).

If you are new to PBL, it's best to start with smaller projects that are already part of the curriculum .Teachers can avoid both common mistakes by following a seven-step procedure that sets up the problem for students

1.      Define the Content. What do you want students to learn by the end of the assignment? Expectations should correspond with students' current research and reasoning skills.

2.      Identify the Context. Brainstorm a list of real-life activities in which learners could apply the intended content. Be aware of any time or location constraints in these situations.

3.      List Possible Problems. Create a list of problems or projects that could occur in each context from Step Two. Select the problem or project that best presents the content objectives and that will be appealing and relevant to learners.

4.      Describe Potential Solutions. Fully describe the most viable solution to the problem or project, as well as possible alternative solutions. Identify the known and unknown variables. Note the most realistic path of reasoning and the knowledge (concepts, principles, procedures, and facts) that would result from the most viable solution. Next, identify alternative paths of reasoning and knowledge that would evolve from alternative solutions to the problem. Based on these possible solutions, what researching and reasoning skills will learners need for solving the problem or creating the project? What is the best framework for building students' knowledge? (That is, how do concepts required for solving the problem relate to each other?)

5.      Calibrate Your Project. Using the solutions from Step Four, check to make sure that the knowledge and skills generated by the most viable solution match the intended knowledge and skills from Step One. For instance, you might create a chart comparing the intended knowledge and skills with those necessary to solve the problem. To better match intended content with students' level, add or remove problem conditions. To make a problem easier, focus learners' attention on the target knowledge. To make a problem harder, focus learners' attention on peripheral knowledge. To make the problem more realistic, add time, budget, or location constraints that might occur in an authentic professional situation.

6.      Describe the Task. To create a description of the task, remove information from the most viable problem solution from Step Four. If researching or reasoning a critical piece of information is beyond students' problem-solving skills, this information should be presented to the learners rather than have them struggle to learn it.

7.      Reflect on the Learning. Reflect students' learning by including multiple opportunities to check their progress in the initial assignment and adjust instruction accordingly (for example, let them know they need to keep a journal and report to their supervisor on a weekly basis). The final assessment should also be clearly described in the assignment (for example, a final report, presentation, or follow-up question or problem) and should allow learners to reflect upon their overall learning and problem-solving process.

Structured Student Collaboration

Compared to traditional instructional methods, students engaged in small-group learning achieve higher grades, retain information longer, and have reduced dropout rates, improved communication and collaboration skills, and a better understanding of professional environments. Collaborative learning promotes time on task as well as friendships across diverse groups, such as race, ethnicity, gender, or school cliques. Collaborative learning benefits students across grade levels, academic subjects, gender, ethnicity, and achievement level To increase the success of group work, team rewards or goals should depend on growth in each individual student's skills and knowledge, with measures that account for such growth. Researchers recommend three- to four-person teams for most collaborative learning assignments .Lower ability students tend to work best in mixed groups, medium ability students in homogeneous groups, and for higher-ability students, group ability levels make no difference.

Two ingredients are critical for successful collaborative learning (Slavin, 1991):

·Team goals and/or rewards based on individual learning growth. When the team goal is tied to the learning of each individual, team members care about others' learning and actively help each other. Assigning interdependent roles to students has been shown to increase students' learning and engagement through teamwork (Slavin 1996; Johnson & Johnson, 2009).

·Individual accountability. To increase group-work success, team rewards or goals should depend upon growth in each individual student's skills and knowledge. Individual learning growth must be measured in relation to each student's past performance in order to ensure that everyone has an equal chance of success. For example, teams might be awarded points based on each member's meeting or exceeding past performance, based on individual assessments.

Assessments That Support Students' Success

For final (summative) assessment criteria, it is recommended these six items:

1.      necessary knowledge acquisition (for example, "need to knows," or content objectives)

2.      depth of study

3.      effectiveness and efficiency of research methods

4.      logical and effective reasoning

5.      conceptual integration of knowledge

6.      effective problem-solving strategies

Barron and Darling-Hammond (2008) recommend assessing these six items:

1.      use of evidence

2.      accuracy of information

3.      evaluation of competing views

4.      development of a clear argument

5.      attention to writing conventions

6.      collaboration

So in conclusion what can we say that it is the process of learning , delearning and relearning permanently .

References

1.       Barron and Darling-Hammond (2008)

2.      National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform, 2004; Newmann & Wehlage, 1995

3.      (Slavin, 1991)

4.      Ertmer & Simons, 2005

5.      Mergendoller & Thomas, 2005; Hung, 2008

6.      www.Teachthought.com

7.      www.pblworks.org 

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SQC : Transforming good to smart Sikshya Ghimire( Sambhawana SQC)

SQC : Transforming good to smart

Sikshya Ghimire( Sambhawana SQC)

Sudesha School ,Lalitpur

          Good students were asked everywhere in the past few decades ago. Coming into this century made people ask for smart people. This is upto us whether we are mend to be good or smart. Personally, what I feel is that the truth is smarter people are more accountable that the good ones. For instance, SQC is the only movement that can turn us to a smarter person.

          SQC, Students’ Quality Circle, is the most powerful way for transforming into smart. People may ask for the reasons. In the SQC, we are taught to find our problems by brainstorming ourselves, find main one, find the causes by various charts, diagram and solve such problems. Therefore, SQC marks person self-dependent too.

          Personally, my experience as a member of SQC is amazing. I feel choosing SQC is the best decision of mine. We have come to know about the problems we cause regularly either by knowing or unknowingly. I have gone to four conventions (two National and Two Hubs). I came to find that members of SQC are far smarter than others. I also felt that some sort of smartness has come into me. Case study presentation, various competitions and flourishing our talents is the major objective of SQC. Moreover, students of SQC and other are equally good but eventually; good has to be transformed into smart.

          Moreover, I would like to suggest all my juniors to be a part of SQC.  You have got wonderful opportunity. If you don’t grab the opportunity now, you will miss the opportunity to learn. Life is all about learning and transformation. I wish SQC would be introduced before in our school. Nevertheless we have got our wonderful facilitator and Master trainer Narayan sir who has dedicated all his efforts to make SQC happen in the school. He is the pioneer of SQC in our school. he introduced curriculum in lower secondary and CCA in secondary level. If I would have got chance to go through Curriculum I would have got some more time to learn. “As you sow, so you reap” is the best proverb for this. If you start your foundation with SQC, you are going to be one of such smart students. This is the chance, grab it. “Together, we can.”

SQC

SQC ‘Students Quality Circle’

                                                                                                                       Rachana Adhikari( Sambhawana SQC)

SEE 2074

SQC is a circle of quality students which helps students to be a total quality people through developing pro social behaviours, specially making all students involved in SQC activities good as well as smart. Dr. Jagdish Gandhi started the Students’ Quality Control Circles (SQCC’s) in education, an idea that he generated from Kaizen philosophy and Total Quality Management (TQM) concept of industries during his visit to Japan. In Nepal, Prof. Dinesh Chapagain in Himalaya Vidya Mandir, Kathmandu, initiated Student’s Quality Circles in 1999. Till now, more than 8,000 Nepali students are the members of SQC.

            SQC helps student to be smart, good leader and communicator. It helps in developing leadership skill, analysis skill and communication skill in the student. It enables students to learn problem solving techniques. SQC provides opportunities which are not included in text book or curriculum. SQC is the place where student can explore themselves and their problems. In SQC, students always work for themselves. They openly share about their own problems, discuss about the causes and root causes.

            SQC held convention yearly which is divided into many phases (i.e. Opening Ceremony, panel discussion, paralleled session, case study presentation and closing ceremony). Case study presentation is the major event of convention senior master trainers and facilitators motivate and give necessary feedback to the students as the commentator. There is Deming cycle or PDCA cycle when Plan refers to plan ahead for change, an analyze whereas do refers for executing the plan taking small steps in controlled circumstances and check refers to check or study results and act refers to take action to standardize or improve the process.

            Hence, SQC is a platform for even those students who are not excellent in their academic career. In today’s world where the people are fighting in for the solutions of their problem, acquiring skill of healing and peaceful problem solving is very essential in today’s world that is taught through SQC.

Name : Rachana Adhikari( Sambhawana SQC)

Class : 9

Pareto Chart

            The Pareto chart is based on the principle named after an Italian economist Vilferdo Pareto who observed that 80% of land in Italy in the early 1900’s was owned by 20% of the population. A Pareto is a bar graph. The lengths of the bars represent frequency or cost(time or money) and are arranged with longest bars on the left and shortest to the right. In this way, the chart was visually depicts which situation are more significant.

·         When using Pareto chart :

Ø  When analyzing data about the frequency of problems or causes in a process.

Ø  When there are many problems or causes and you want to focus on the most significant.

Ø  When analyzing broad causes by looking at their specific components/

Ø  When communicating with others about your data.

·         Pareto chart procedure :

Ø  Decide what categories you will use to group items.

Ø  Decide what measurement is appropriate. Common measurement are frequency, quantity,cost and time.

Ø  Decide what period of time the Pareto chart will cover one workcycle? One full fay? A week?

Ø  Collect the data, recording the category each time.

Ø  Subtotal the measurements for each category.

Ø  Determine the appropriate scale for the measurement you have collected. The maximum value will be the largest subtotal from steps. Mark scale on the left side of chart.

Ø  Construct and label bars for each category. Place the tallest at the far left, then the next tallest to its right and soon. If there are many categories with small measurements, they can be grouped as “others”.

Ø  Calculate the percentage for each category, the subtotals for the category divided by the total for all percentage. Draw right vertical axes and label it with percentages. Be sure the two scales match. For example, the left measurement that corresponds to one-half should be exactly opposite 50% on the right side.

Ø  Calculate and draw cumulative sum: Add the subtotals for the first and second categories, and place a dot above the second bar, indicating that sum. To that sum add the subtotal for the third category and place dot above the third bar for the new sum. Continue the process for all the bars. Connect the dots, starting at the top of the first bar. The last dot should reach 100 percent on the right scale.

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Collected by: Sony Maharjan( Team Samarpan, SEE graduate 2073)

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