{"id":1782,"date":"2013-08-26T10:57:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T05:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexteducation.in\/blog\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2019-05-30T12:01:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T06:31:37","slug":"hands-on-learning-making-learning-more-fun-and-effective-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nextgurukul.in\/thenextworld\/hands-on-learning-making-learning-more-fun-and-effective-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-On Learning \u2013 Making learning more fun and Effective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnnext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hands-on-learning.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1342\" alt=\"hands-on-learning\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learnnext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hands-on-learning-300x185.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a> <b>I hear and I forget<br \/>\nI see and I remember<br \/>\nI do and I understand<br \/>\n&#8211; Chinese proverb<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Some time back, I was teaching my nephew a geometric problem based on cubes and cuboid. Though he is a fairly bright boy, he found it difficult to understand and solve the problem following his usual way of solving on his notebook. So I asked him to get a small cardboard and reconstructed the problem with a box made from the cardboard. He could easily visualize the problem, and, as a result, solved the problem very quickly. This ability to visualize helped him anchor subsequent problems on the same topic and solve them very easily. Pretty soon, his skill level on the topic improved.<\/p>\n<p>Often times, teachers face such challenges in the classroom consisting of a variety of learners \u2013 visual, auditory, kinesthetic learners \u2013 and they need a variety of tools to make the classroom effective, lively and engaging. Active hands-on learning experiences enrich classroom instruction and provide a multi-faceted approach that lets teachers differentiate instruction, and design lessons that complement each student\u2019s learning style. By addressing the diversity of all learning styles and strengths, hands-on materials provide every student with an engaging opportunity to succeed in the classroom. In addition, such learning helps students to relate to real-world applications of the concepts. After all, as the adage goes, \u201cWhat we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, what is hands-on learning and why is it effective? According to Lumpe and Oliver (http:\/\/bit.ly\/Zrl92K), &#8220;Hands-on science is defined as any science lab activity that allows the student to handle, manipulate or observe a scientific process&#8230;. Hands-on teaching can be differentiated from lectures and demonstrations by the central criterion that students interact with materials to make observations, but the approach involves more than mere activity.\u201d Hence, hands-on learning is a more direct form of learning where the student is directly involved in the learning process. Such direct experiences with natural phenomena provoke curiosity and thinking in the minds of the students, thereby resulting in Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS).<\/p>\n<p>Hands-on activities let students think, perform, solve problems, and make things happen while they are working toward a solution. It provides an important step in the evolution of a student\u2019s developmental skills and learning values. Students do their best work when they are encouraged to actively explore and interact with any hands-on learning process. With the right manipulatives, skills such as memory retention, reading, motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and learning awareness become enhanced and improved.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study (https:\/\/bit.ly\/XAG0nA) conducted by Purdue University has shown the effectiveness of hands-on learning and ways to effectively engage students at a young age. In the study conducted on eighth graders, the researchers were looking for necessary participatory levels for students to make learning effective. Half of the class, who were studying human impact on water and water quality as part of their standard science curriculum, where taught using the traditional method of lecture, while the other half were assigned to build a water purification device that demonstrated their grasp on the concept. According to the study, \u201cIn every area we tested, the students who were involved in the hands-on project learned more and demonstrated a deeper understanding of the issues than the traditional group\u201d. The study was also significant in that a lot of the students (around 30 per cent) are ethnically diverse and around 57 per cent were from economically weaker class. According to the leader of the group, \u201cThis is a significant finding because it proves that with some students \u2014 especially groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering \u2014 the book-and-lecture format may not be the best way to engage them in learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hands-on learning is a valuable investment to make especially for raising future scientists and engineers for the nation. Research has shown that students thrive and enjoy learning in this way. Most teachers are willing to use these types of activities, but they also need help in implementing them into daily use in the classroom. They need outside training to match up the curriculum with the concepts needed to be taught. 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