This document outlines a presentation on learning and assessing through projects. It includes 3 activities for participants to discuss managing projects in schools, assessing projects in schools, and identifying projects. It also provides an assessment rubric for projects with 4 phases and corresponding indicators. The conclusion emphasizes that projects are an essential part of teaching, learning and assessment, and should be cost-friendly and manageable for teachers and students.

1. LEARNING AND ASSESSING
THROUGH PROJECTS
Presentation By NCDC
December 2022
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2. Session Outcomes
The participants should be able to:
1. Guide leaners during the development of
projects
2. Understand how to assess projects
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3. ACTIVITY 1: Managing Projects
in schools
In groups do the following tasks:
i. Which projects did your leaners come up with?
ii. How did the leaners come-up with the
projects?
iii. How did you support them?
iv. How did you mitigate the problems you
encountered?
v. What benefits came from the projects in your
school.
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4. ACTIVITY 2:Assessing Projects in
schools
In groups do the following tasks:
i. Identify the phases on the assessment rubric
for the projects?
ii. Which phase did you score highest and why?
iii. How did the leaners manage the reporting of
their projects?
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5. ACTIVITY 3: Identifying
projects
How can you guide leaners to Identify
projects in this scenario.
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6. ASSESSING PROJECTS
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Phase Indicators Max
Score
1 Identification, planning,
design
Title, alignment to theme, justification of the
project, methodology, identification of materials
x/…….
2 Project Implementation Organisation, Use of resources, focus on generic
skills and values
x/…….
3 Product Originality, creativity and innovation, accuracy x/…….
4 Project report Relevancy, Accuracy, coherence x/…….
Total x/……..

7. CONCLUSION
•Projects are an essential component of teaching-
learning and assessment in the LSC.
•Projects should be cost friendly and manageable,
therefore teachers should not make them seem
expensive.
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8. THANK YOU
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