EDUC3- 6. 7E Learning Cycle Model

The 7E Learning Cycle Model can BEST be characterized as a ______.

• constructivist, inquiry-based instructional framework

• fixed, teacher-centered lecture routine

• memorization-based testing procedure

• traditional, textbook-driven grading system

The phase that uncovers students’ existing ideas and prior knowledge before instruction formally starts is ______.

• Elaborate

• Elicit

• Engage

• Explore

To activate students’ background knowledge during the Elicit phase, the teacher should MOST appropriately use a ______.

• Concept cartoon

• KWL chart

• Rubric

• Summative test

The phase that captures learners’ interest and mentally prepares them to focus on the new topic is ______.

• Elaborate

• Engage

• Evaluate

• Extend

During the Explore phase, students are expected to ______.

• listen while the teacher explains the concept.

• copy definitions from the board for memorization.

• take a graded quiz to check their final understanding.

• carry out hands-on or minds-on activities to investigate the concept.

When learners are actively investigating the concept and the teacher mainly guides as a facilitator, the class is in the ______ phase.

• Engage

• Evaluate

• Explore

• Extend

Learners share, clarify, and talk about their developing ideas with their peers and teacher during the ______ phase.

• Elaborate

• Evaluate

• Explain

• Extend

The main purpose of the Elaborate phase is to provide opportunities for learners to ______.

• ask students to recall the title of the lesson.

• give the first formal explanation of the new concept.

• introduce the topic with a surprising story or video.

• help learners apply and extend the concepts they learned to new tasks.

The Evaluate phase is BEST described as an assessment stage that ______.

• occurs only at the end of a unit.

• ranks students from highest to lowest.

• focuses only on one final paper-and-pencil test.

• gives ongoing, diagnostic information about conceptual understanding.

A teacher asks students to design and implement a community awareness activity using what they have learned. This task is MOST appropriate for the ______ phase.

• answering a short quiz on key terms from the lesson.

• reading the textbook definition of the concept aloud.

• listening to the teacher introduce the new topic with a story.

• creating an awareness campaign that applies the concept to a community issue.