Increasing Transfer of Learning

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CHAPTER 2

Literature Review

Learning is a natural human brain exercise . From a baby 's birth towards its growth , a person is naturally incited with the want of being able to gain knowledge of the different things that are happening in the society . However , not until they are able to set their foot on the grounds of proper learning would they be able to understand what is there to get knowledge about . On the other hand , when the right time comes , and the learning arena

is already waiting for the young learner the interest for gaining knowledge has rather faded on the part of the young mind . This is the reason why there is a serious need for increasing the transfer of learning for the young learner 's benefit

Concerning the issue of learning and the transfer of knowledge that has to be addressed in this , it would be helpful to learn what project-based learning is all about and how it affects the learning process of young minds

What is Project-based Learning

The project-based learning approach has been actually developed to help young learners to become inspired in being able to further understand the society in their own point of view . Naturally , this approach for classrooms activities directly emphasizes the essence of long-term learning . Through further development of the said process of teaching PBL has been noted to encourage deep investigation among young students Since they are usually faced within the subjects that concern the society , the students are further encouraged to increase the interest they have towards learning . True to its

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sense , many teachers believe that project-based learning helps the students further develop their independent sense of working on their own assigned tasks . In turn , this process further allows them to acquire a more in-depth learning and accurate informations regarding their own study s

Through the application of project-based learning , the creation of a fine environment of learning for the students has been successfully met PBL is mainly a form of an inductive teaching that is designed to carry on the use of problem solving as a form of teaching than simply resorting to spoon-feeding processes that were traditionally utilized by past educators

As the PBL system is being directly applied , the roles of the said system is mainly described to be much effective for the students as it is applied through the thought of carrying its roles in learning

PBL relies on learning groups that involves the students in an actual performance of investigation of the given problem

PBL allows student groups to determine their projects . Most of the students are able to actually get involved in the process of learning that is further implied in the problem solving

PBL helps the students realize their own social responsibility because of the fact that they are commonly faced with the actual problems that plague the society

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PBL helps them develop...