Session 6Implement and evaluate the solution

Step #5: Implement the solution

• Implementing the solution may require both patience and persistence

• Most problems are not solved quickly or on the first attempt  

• If a plan or solution does not work immediately, do not get discouraged

• Try a different strategy or solution until you find one that works

Build Your Skills

• Working as a group to construct things, responding to difficult situations and explaining how you have dealt with problems in the past will help you build your ability to implement solutions.

• In the activities that follow, you will be building skills that will help implement the best solution when problem solving.

Activity: Build It

Activity: Lost

Activity: Ethical Dilemmas- What would you do?

Activity: Tell Me About a Time

Step #6

Evaluate the Solution

Think about the following:

• Did the solution work?

• If not—why not? What went right, and what went wrong?

• What changes could you make to make the solution work better?

Using Bloom's Taxonomy

Remembering

• What did I do?

Understanding

• What was important about it?

Application

• When did I do this before?

• When will I do it again?

Analysis

• Do I see any patterns or relationships?

Evaluation

• How well did I do? What worked? What needs to be improved?

Creation

• What should I do next?

Build Your Skills

• Playing word on the street and using Bloom's taxonomy questions will help you build your evaluation skills.

• In the activities that follow, you will be building skills that will help you evaluate solutions you have implemented.

Activity: Word on the Street

Activity: Bloom's Taxonomy Questions

Practice Your Skills

John was told by his boss four weeks ago that he would have to do a big presentation at work. The presentation needed to be prepared in addition to a number of regular daily tasks. He focused on his daily tasks and did a good job completing them but the presentation kept "slipping" his mind. On the night before the due date of the presentation, he realized that he had at least 8-10 hours' worth of work left to do on the presentation. This wasn't the first time he had procrastinated on a major work assignment and left it until the last minute. Last year he received a note on his personal file for a similar situation.

• What steps can John take to implement and evaluate the solution?

Milestone 60

Engage with others to achieve a

shared outcome.

Credits

This Power Point was created by Laubach Literacy Ontario.

The resources can be downloaded free of charge at www.laubach-on.ca.

This Employment Ontario project was funded by the Ontario Government. 2015

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