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Real­world Problem­solving and Innovation
Bojan Tomić
tomicb@fon.rs
Problem­solving? Innovation?
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Marilyn Binkley, Ola Erstad, Joan Herman, Senta Raizen, Martin Ripley, May Miller­Ricci, and Mike Rumble, „Defining Twenty­First Century Skills“, In Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills, Eds. Patrick Griffin, Barry McGaw, Esther Care, pp.17­66, ISBN: 978­94­007­2323­8 (Print) 978­94­007­2324­5 (Online), 2012. (http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978­94­007­2324­5_2)
ITL Research, Microsoft Partners in Learning, SRI International,„21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics“, 2012 (http://fcl.eun.org/documents/10180/14691/5.3x+­
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Defining Twenty­First Century Skills
21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics
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Real­world Problem­solving and Innovation involves problem­solving, and uses data or situations from the real world
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Complete tasks for which they do NOT already know a response or solution
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Solving real problems
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Innovate by implementing original ideas, designs or solutions
21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics
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Problem solving happens when you must:
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develop a solution to a problem that is new to you OR
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complete a task that you have not been instructed how to do OR
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design a complex product that meets a set of requirements.
You do NOT have
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all the information you need to complete the task
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the whole procedure you must follow to arrive at a solution
21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics
21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics
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Real­world problems are authentic situations and needs that exist outside an academic context. They are:
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Experienced by real people.
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Have solutions for a specific, plausible audience other than the educator as grader.
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Have specific, explicit contexts.
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If students are using data to solve a problem, they use actual data.
21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics
21CLD Learning Activity Rubrics
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Innovation requires putting your ideas or solutions into practice in the real world.
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Innovation also benefits people other than the student.
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Example
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It IS innovation if you design and build a community garden on the grounds of your school; just designing the garden is NOT innovation.
If you do not have the authority to implement your own ideas, it is innovation ONLY if you convey your ideas to people outside the classroom context who can implement them.
21CLD Learning
Activity Rubrics