The student s ability to process and use information to produce a product makes the learning environment more relevant. Projects can bring the world into the classroom. It is both a curriculum organizer and instructional strategy. Students are called on to use both critical and creative thinking skills. They must also learn time management and planning skills on a more comprehensive basis.
Students are engaged problem solvers.
We want students to recall and apply what they have learned, but we cannot predict the setting in which this learning will be applied. Students must do and think. If students do not learn to think with the knowledge they are stockpiling, they might as well not have it. To be able to think and understand at a deeper level, students need to engage in sustained thinking about a topic. They need to crawl inside ideas and expose misconceptions while making multiple connections.