Chapter 2 - Science Inquiry ECE

How young scientists use concepts (The Learning Cycle)

The learning cycle is viewed as a way to take students on a quest that leads to the construction of knowledge.

• True

• False

The Learning Cycle • Teacher remains in the background, observing and occasionally inserting a comment or question. • Students actively manipulate materials and interact with each other. • Developmentally appropriate setting.

• Exploration phase •

• Concept Introduction Phase •

• Concept Application Phase

Teacher provides direct instruction, beginning with a discussion of the information the students have discovered. • Teacher helps children record their information. • Teacher clarifies.

• Exploration phase •

• Concept Introduction Phase •

• Concept Application Phase

Provides children with opportunity to integrate and organize new ideas with old ideas and relate them to still other ideas. • Teacher or children suggest a new problem.

• Exploration phase •

• Concept Introduction Phase •

• Concept Application Phase

In the cycle of teaching & learning by Cycle of Learning and Teaching by Bredekamp and Rosegrant (1992), there are _____ stages.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

______ stage • Comparing their constructions with those of the culture, recognizing commonalities, and generalizing more like adults.

• Awareness

• Exploration

• Inquiry

• Utilisation

_______ stage - A broad recognition of objects, people, events, or concepts that develops from experience.

• Awareness

• Exploration

• Inquiry

• Utilisation

______ stage • Applying and using their understandings in new settings and situations

• Awareness

• Exploration

• Inquiry

• Utilisation

________ stage • The construction of personal meaning through sensory experiences with objects, people, events, or concepts.

• Awareness

• Exploration

• Inquiry

• Utilisation

______ stage • Comparing their constructions with those of the culture, recognizing commonalities, and generalizing more like adults.

• Awareness

• Exploration

• Inquiry

• Utilisation