A STUDY ON IMPROVING INFORMATION PROCESSING ABILITIES BASED ON PBL

This study examined an instruction method for the improvement of information
processing abilities in elementary school students. Current elementary students are
required to develop information processing abilities to create new knowledge for this
digital age. There is, however, a shortage of instruction strategies for these information
processing abilities.
This research proposes a method for teaching information processing abilities based on a
problem-based learning model, and was tested with elementary students. The students
developed an improved ability to create new knowledge and to present relationships
with information through the process of problem solving. This study performed
experimental research by comparing pre- and post-tests with twenty-three fifth grade
elementary students over the course of eight months. This study produced a remarkable
improvement in information selection, information reliability, information classification,
information analysis, information comparison, and information internalization. This study
presents an improved methodology for the teaching of information processing abilities.