Higher thinking skills

Reflect on: 

In group projects, other members can ride on the creative talent of one or some members in the group. How can the teacher give proper credit to the more talented/creative students in a cooperative project?

Nowadays, teachers tend to give  his/her students a group project instead of individual work, because students may come up with better and organize project from brainstorming, cooperation and collaboration than the mind of only one. And as far as the teacher was concern he/she is observing the cooperative work of a group as his/her goal as well as the better output. But in dealing with group project, the member of the group may compose of low, average, and intellect member, and there are creative, talented and not, also, there are members who are willingly give their best to cooperate and there are some that are easy go lucky. In order for the teacher to determine whether each member of the group is cooperating he/she must from time-to-time monitor his/her students work that will may encourage the students to cooperate and come up with better output for the exchange of positive reinforcement that may be an incentives or better grades. But in group project, there is still who stand out of being creative, artistic and skilled on the given project that the teacher must know to give his/her credit on it. The teacher somehow didn't know it but he/she can know it if he/she ask the member of the group to make peer evaluation in doing their project in terms of shared ideas and cooperativeness. By these the teacher will be guided on his/her grade for each member of the group, to come up with fair and accurate evaluation. Through this, group project, the cooperative learning and social constructiveness will be promoted.

Prepared by:

GIRLIE P. DEL VALLE

        BSE - 3D

Reflection no. 9