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Guided Discovery
Guided Discovery
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2008 Edwin Ellis, All Rights Reserved Published by Makes Sense Strategies, LLC, Northport, AL www.MakesSenseStrategies.com
Date:
GuidedDiscovery
11/18/2015
Is about
TheGuidedDiscoveryModelisusedtoteachconceptsandtherelationshipbetweenthoseconcepts.Somegeneralizationsareconsideredtrue
forallcaseswhileothersarearbitrarilyderivedbypeople.
Main idea
Planning
Identifytopics,create
preciselearningobjectives,
andidentifyhighquality
examples.
Highqualityexamples
includealltheinformation
studentswillneedto
understandthetopic.
Highqualityexamplesare
themosteffectivetool
teachershavefor
accommodatingforstudent
differences.
Main idea
Implementing
ShortIntroduction.
OpenEndedPhase:
Studentsmakeobservations
andcompareexamples.
ConvergentPhase:Teacher
guidesstudentstowards
contentobjective.
Lessoniscompletedwhen
studentsareabletodefine
theconcept,statethe
relationshipinthe
generalization,andapply
thetopictoanew/realworld
situation.
Main idea
Adaptingto
DifferentLearning
Environments
Adapttoyoungerchildren
byusingconcreteexamples.
Youngerstudentsrespond
welltotheopenended
phase.Theselessonswillbe
shorterthanwitholder
students.
Olderstudentsrequirehigh
qualityexamples.Students
mayhavetroublewithopen
endedphasesincetheyare
accustomedtooneright
answer.
Main idea
Assessment
Effectiveassessmentsare
consistentwiththeteachers
objectives.
Paperpenciland
performanceassessments
canbeused.
Assessmentsthatcapitalize
onrealworldcontextsand
includedetailedfeedback
arethemostpowerfultools.
StudentlearningfromGuidedLearninglessonsusuallyleadstobetterlongtermretentionofsubjectmatterthanfrom
typicallecturesandexplanations.Italsoisaneffectivemethodofteachingstudentstodevelopcriticalthinkingskills.