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Guided Discovery

January 29, 2015

Is about

Guided Discovery is an approach to instruction where the teacher presents examples to portray a topic and guides the students to an
understanding of the topic. The topic is usually concepts or generalizations.
Main idea

Theory

-The Guided Discovery

Model is an inquiry-based,
constructivist learning
theory. The learner draws on
his/her past experience and
existing knowledge to find
facts and relationships and
new findings to be
discovered.

Main idea

Planning

-Identify the topic(s), then

you can find topics from
standards, textbooks,
curriculum guides and other
sources.
-Specify learning objectives,
these are statements that
specify what students should
know understand, or be able
to do with respect to the
topic.
-Prepare examples and nonexamples, by identifying
differences between related
topics, learners are less
likely to confuse them.

Main idea

Implementing

Phase 1: Introduction
-Review previous material and
catch the students attention and
establish focus of lesson
Phase 2: The Open-ended
-Teacher presents examples and
allows students to make
observations and comparisons
Phase 3: The Convergent
-Teachers guide the students to an
understanding of the concepts or
generalization by more specified
questioning
Phase 4: Closure and Application
-Teacher guides students to a
definition of the concepts or a
statement of the generalization
and the students apply their own
understanding in understanding in
a new context

Main idea

Adaption, Assessment,
Motivation

-The structure for Guided

Discovery is the same for all
learners at all developmental
levels; adaptions are necessary
when students are at different
developmental levels. An example
is spontaneous lesson, meaning
the teacher is able to come up with
questions on the spot and still
guide the students.
-Guided Discovery can be
assessed from a variety of ways
including paper and pencil tests to
performance measures and
portfolios.
-High levels of involvement,
success, and a sense of the
unknown contribute to raising
students intrinsic motivation for
learning the lesson.

So what? What is important to understand about this?

This is a great method for teaching conceptual topics. The teacher must have high-quality questions ready to ask the
students so she knows what direction to guide them in to form an understanding about the topic.