Volume/Issue :

Article type :

Original articles

Page No :

92-98

Abstract :

Every pedagogue cares about how to make his teaching subject interesting and attractive for the student, how to increase the visuals of the material and how it is presented depending on child‘s age, how to maximize the result – student‘s cognitive competences. The smart teacher is in search for non-traditional, innovative teaching methods, in order to keep student actively involved during the entire lesson. During my practice, I’ve noticed, that very effective work and good results are accomplished during the lesson, when in the practical activities several learning methods are being applied. One of these methods must be mutual learning from peers. While applying several practical activity methods in the same subject, the whole time in education process children stay active, learning process does not prolong, in the contrary – stimulates interest in how cognitive process progress. This is how student attention provides good results: children are able to operate concepts and to explain in their own words how experiment was conducted, analyze, to make conclusions based on the practical activities. In my report I would like to present the results of the experiment “House fly’s development” by elevating hypothesis and producing the methodical means together with students – the educational video. Also, I will present the findings I’ve made while applying these practical activity methods: the experiment “press conference”, mutual learning from peers – learning the subject “Insect development” during the world cognition lesson in the third grade.

Keywords :

cognitive competences, practical activity methods, primary school

References :

Jonynienė V. (2007). Vienas pasaulis. Pasaulio pažinimas. 1-oji kn. IV kl. Vilnius.
http://www.ddd.lt/Pub/default.aspx?Page=VerminFly
http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambarinė_musė

Cite as :

Savičienė, D. (2013). Praktinės veiklos metodų taikymas, ugdant pažintinius mokinių gebėjimus [The application of practical activity methods for educating student cognitive abilities]. Gamtamokslinis ugdymas bendrojo ugdymo mokykloje / Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School, 19, 92-98.