Omarova
Zhanna Nurakhmetovna
Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and
Mathematics in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
Efficient ways of direction the students to the research work in the
classes of Informatics (from the
work experience)
Abstract: Theoretical
and practical methods of designing mentioned in project works, which can be
applied in practical classes for increasing the teaching efficiency are
considered in the work.
Key words: teach, Informatics , project
works, project.
In the 4th
part of the Message of the Head of our country N.A.Nazarbayev “Strategy “Kazakhstan-2050”: New political
course of the formed state” “Knowledge and
professional skills are main direction of the system of
modern education, personnel training and retraining” it was said: “In order to be a developed competitive state we should turn into the highly
educated country. … Our citizens should be always ready to master their skills
working with the most advanced equipment in the most modern manufactures. Also
we should pay much attention to the functional competence of our children and
generally all rising generation. It is very important for our children to be
adopted to the present time.” In this
concept the particular significance was pointed to the education, competence and
qualification of the youth and future specialists. [1]
I believe that
Informatics subject will open the way for gaining all-round education for our
future generation as well as for their free development of businesslike and talent, intelligent and creative skills.
One of the methods of this concept implementation is arrangement of project
works in the classes of Informatics and in extracurricular time.
Setting the purpose “ To create
the conditions for formation research capacity which encourages the development
of creative and logical thinking of students ”, I marked out the following tasks to
be solved. They are:
1. To develop pupils cognition ;
2. To increase the interest in study;
3. To train independent study as well as development skills;
4. To find out right things in the information space and develop selection
abilities;
5. To teach students to reflection;
6. To train to speak in public;
7. To form thinking abilities from critical point of view.
Taking into consideration the necessity to direct the students purposely and systematically in their project work and to encourage them to see the results of
their own work, I have been arranging project works in the filed of
programming mastering lately in my experience. On the base of my observation I think that
carrying out project researches, namely making students plan and do complicated
tasks is efficient in mastering their knowledge in Informatics.
I represent the stages of project creation in the following “Project cycle” diagram. Here I divided the project work arrangement into 4 stages , and every stage consists of several parts as it was presented in picture 1.
Picture 1. Project
cycle
Table 1.
Content of the project stages
States of the project work |
Content of the work |
Basic activities of the teacher in the solution of the educative purpose |
Students activities |
Preparation stage |
To determine the
theme and the purpose of the project. Dividing into groups. |
Encourages students
to select the theme within one direction. Teaches to plan taking into consideration the opinion of every student in
the group . |
Every student leaning on his
own life experience (if it is available) shares his opinion and joining together determines the final purpose of the project. |
Planning. |
To show the ways of gathering
and selecting information. To
identify the work of every member of the group. To plan the work |
Guides the students to
collect the information independently. Listens to the decision of the
collective discussion taking into account the opinion of every student, and
in case of necessity shares his opinion. Checks the student’s diary on the project. |
Determine the work of every member of the group,
define the time of achieving the first results planning the stages of working out their own theme. Show their readiness to
execute the task. Creates the sample of the project. |
1. Creation the project. |
To work under the project |
Guides and gives advice supervising the student’s diary, talking to every supervisor and member of the group, analyzing,
comparing the results. Calls to solidarity, to
respect each other. |
Carry out individual and
pair work |
2. Discussion
the results. Evaluation. |
To analyze the information, to make up a decision, to plan the form of the presentation. |
Encourages to defeat
jointly the project and to see the results of the work by evaluating the job of the individual students in the group.
Creates the opportunity for students to speak and
to think critically by listening, asking problematic
questions. Evaluates the creative work and leads the students to the
highest goals. |
Identify the problematic
issues and get ready to solve them jointly. Listen to
each other very carefully, follow every one’s opinion taking into account the
culture of speaking. Defend the project, learn to
evaluate themselves. |
If I present the
example from my own work experience about arrangement of project creation, it is thought that in
every particular lesson planning a mini-project it is
possible to turn it into a big one. As the following projects:
I.
Creation the project
“Calculator” in the Delphi medium.
The project is created in 3 classes.
For example:
1- class. It is planned as a project to find
out the sum of two numbers.
2- class. It is completed by equipping with the calculator to execute the way 4.
3- class. It is completed and finished by using the menu.
II.
During the process of the next class one of the applied
programs is thought to be planning of the individual program. The project work is organized within 7 classes. The
project is organized individually or in pair in accordance with the students
wish. “Projects auction” is held for project defeat. It can be held once a
year. My students really like it. In my students’ opinion (reflection):
1. every student can express himself as a creative person,
2. everybody can execute the job that he likes,
3. the tradition to perform independent work is formed,
4. develops the tradition to represent himself, to define himself as well as
to execute his own abilities and opportunities,
5. becomes educated to responsibility, to respect, to share his own opinion,
to be tolerant, to work in group,
6. learns to evaluate his own job and the work of other students.
The projects that won in the “Projects auction ” are processes , completed and prepared with the purpose to
take part in various levels competitions.
Finally, I can make the following
conclusion in my experience during the process of teaching and education and in
extracurricular time .
Mastering the
knowledge with the help of arranged project research works in the system under
the programming course in the class of Informatics is thought to be significant
in the development of the personality of the student, represent the student in future in various situations and any
social environment as well as in adoption to the life. This is because the
following qualifications are formed at the students that will be necessary in
the future:
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they can choose the theme independently according to their abilities and interests.
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they can analyze independently the content of
their work on the base of the set purpose.
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they look for the ways to achieve and to carry
out the purpose assigned independently.
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they create the conditions to check and to develop the
abilities and the limit of abilities.
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they learn to collect the information and to think
systematically and critically.
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they can select the efficient methods of work by
analyzing and comparing approaches.
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they get used to speaking in public, to delivering their own opinion by proving and in the logical way, to attracting the attention of the audience.
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they get used to listening to other people’s
points of view and to analyzing and considering the forwarded issues.
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they know how to solve the
complicated problems on their own.
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they try to convince the
listeners of their right decision by proving their own opinion.
Organization of the project work
first of all, encourages the students to solve various problems, to become ready-witted and to
apply to new scientific researches by improving the creative abilities of the
students and their desire to research, to develop their cognitive interests,
secondly, I was
convinced in my own practice that the method of projects is thought to be one
of the most efficient innovation technologies, and
thirdly, it
gains the opportunity to take part in the city, regional
competitions,
fourthly, the integrity of
subjects is formed,
fifthly, it uses
the opportunities of the programmimg medium in other subject competitions.
Of course, at
any level of education the lack of skills of independent work, organization of
study and actions can cause problems, thus, I hope that the presented
experience will be useful by investigating theoretical
and practical bases of the programmimg method.
Used literature:
1. Message to the people of Kazakhstan of the Head of our country N.A.NAZARBAYEV “Strategy “Kazakhstan-2050”: New political
course of the formed state”, Astana city, December
14,2012.