Project-based Teaching Design And Practice For The Cultivation Of Problem-solving’s Ability

Problem-solving ability are fundamental skills that innovative people should possess and are one of the most important educational goals in basic education.School is an important venue for developing students’ problem-solving ability,and designing appropriate classroom activities is an essential part of developing problem-solving ability.In recent years,project-based instruction has been widely adopted in all subjects at the primary and secondary levels,and practice has shown that project-based instruction can effectively develop students’ higher-order thinking ability,especially problem-solving ability.The new standards for the Information technology curriculum in 2022 suggest that one of the goals of the Information technology curriculum is to develop students’ problem-solving ability.This study aims to design a project-based teaching process for fostering problem-solving ability so that Information technology teachers can better apply project-based teaching in the teaching process that contributes to fostering problem-solving ability in students.In this study,the literature search method is used to systematically review the relevant research literature on the topic of problem-solving ability and project-oriented teaching in Switzerland and abroad.By analyzing the characteristics of computer science education at the lower secondary level,the characteristics of problem-solving ability promotion,and the components of project-oriented education,the foundations and principles of project-oriented education organization for computer science education focused on problem-solving ability promotion can be determined.Based on the preliminary analysis of the starting situation of 7th grade students in learning computer science course and the current situation in developing students’ problem-solving ability,the teaching objectives are then defined,the teaching contents are formulated,and the project-based teaching process of the middle-level computer science course aimed at developing problem-solving ability is designed by combining it with the existing problem-solving process and the project-based teaching process.In addition,the assessment process has been designed and two project-based teaching cases have been developed.The project-based teaching process was used in the experimental class,while the control class mainly used the traditional teaching process to teach Mind+Graphic programming.At the end of the experiment,students’ learning outcomes were measured using the Problem Solving Ability Scale to determine the specific status of problem solving ability development in the experimental and control classrooms,and interviews were conducted to determine the effectiveness of the project-based instructional process designed to develop students’ problem solving ability and the feasibility of applying the teaching cases in practice.The results of the study show that the project-based instructional process designed in this study contributes to developing the problem-solving ability of lower secondary students.The instructional process consists of six instructional elements: identifying a project,planning,exploring activities,producing work,reporting results,synthesizing,and evaluating.Students’ problem-solving ability were improved to varying degrees after the project-based instructional process,with the greatest improvement observed in problem-solving methods.In addition,the study found that project-based instruction helped develop students’ problem-solving methods and ability and that the development of problem-solving methods required teacher coaching.In light of the problems encountered in the study,the study suggests three areas for improvement: first,care should be taken to design a comprehensive project-based teaching process;second,the design of teaching cases should take into account the goals of developing problem-solving ability;and third,more effort should be made to create realistic problem-solving situations.