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Discovery Learning

Discovery Learning

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DISCOVERY

LEARNING
DISCOVERY LEARNING
Discovery Learning is a
method of inquiry-based
instruction; discovery learning
believes that it is best for
learners to discover facts and
relationships for themselves.
DISCOVERY LEARNING
Discovery learning is an inquiry-based,
constructivist learning theory that takes
place in problem solving situations where the
learner draws on his or her own past
experience and existing knowledge to
discover facts and relationships and new
truths to be learned[1]. Students interact
with the world by exploring and manipulating
objects, wrestling with questions and
controversies, or performing experiments.
DISCOVERY LEARNING
As a result, students may be more likely
to remember concepts and knowledge
discovered on their own (in contrast to a
transmissionist model)[2]. Models that
are based upon discovery learning
model include: guided discovery,
problem-based learning, simulation-
based learning, case-based learning,
incidental learning, among others.
PROPONENTS OF THIS THEORY
BELIEVE THAT DISCOVERY
LEARNING:
 encourages active engagement
 promotes motivation
 promotes autonomy, responsibility,
independence
 develops creativity and problem
solving skills.
 tailors learning experiences
CRITICS BELIEVE THAT
DISCOVERY LEARNING:
• creates cognitive overload
• may result in potential
misconceptions
• makes it difficult for teachers to
detect problems and
misconceptions
ADVANTAGES:
i. Discovery learning supports an active engagement of the
learner in the learning process, while you are participating,
you are paying more attention
ii. Discovery learning fosters curiosity
iii. Discovery learning enables the development of life long
learning skills
iv. Discovery learning personalizes the learning experience
v. Discovery learning is highly motivational as it allows
individuals the opportunity to experiment and discover
something for themselves
vi. Discovery learning builds on learner's prior knowledge and
understanding
ADVANTAGES:
vii. Discovery learning uses activities that focus your attention
on the key ideas or techniques that are being examined
viii. Discovery learning creates active involvement that forces
you to construct a response and this results in processing of
information deeper than mere memorization
ix. Discovery learning provides the student with an opportunity
to get early feedback on their understanding
x. Discovery learning results in "episodic memory," a deeper
type of memory that allows you to connect information to
events which creates stimuli for remembering the
information
xi. Discovery learning can be motivating, it incorporates the
individuals pleasure of successfully solving problems and
DISADVANTAGES:
i. Discovery learning has the potential to confuse
learner's if no initial framework is available
ii. Discovery learning has limitations in practice
when schools try to make it the main way
students learn academic lessons
iii.Discovery learning is inefficient, it is too time
consuming for all academic activities (for
example mathematical operations), there are
not enough hours in a school year for students
to 'unearth' everything on their own
DISADVANTAGES:
iv.Discovery learning requires that the teacher be
prepared for too many corrections, a lot of
things one discovers for themselves turn out to
be wrong (process of trial and error)
v. Discovery learning can become a vehicle to
reject the idea that there are important skills
and information that all children should learn
vi.If discovery learning is taken as an overriding
education theory it is apt to produce an
inadequate education

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