1. Inductive Learning Free powerpoints at http://www.worldofteaching.com
The Adult Learner by Cathy Abraham
Credit to: PA Pathways training manual
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2. Learning by Discovery
"an approach to instruction through which students interact with their environment-by exploring and manipulating objects, wrestling with questions and controversies, or performing experiments" (Ormrod, 1995, p. 442)

3. Sandbox theory

4. Sandbox theory
Students learn through active discovery - experimentation,
examination and analysis
NOT
direct instruction

5. Jerome Bruner
we should somehow give to children (students) a respect for their own powers of thinking, for their power to generate good questions, to come up with interesting informed guesses ...

6. Examples Categorization Surveys Webquests Interviews
Experiments Collecting
Simulations Observation
Applied Research

7. Example Problem based learning “Why can birds fly?”
Well designed questions are the key to good “discovery”

8. Deduction - step by step

9. How are they different?
Induction - ?
= Eureka!

10. What’s the difference?
I know. vs
I understand.

11. Knowing
RECALL
RETAIN
REPEAT
KCAASE – Bloom’s Taxonomy

12. Understanding
Explain
Review
Discuss
KCAASE – Bloom’s Taxonomy

13. Learning As…… A process A self – empowering process
An active process (Dewey)
A self-monitoring process
A deep process (Piaget)

14. Prerequisites Prior knowledge Process collaboration Publication
Guidance

16. Students need some prior knowledge so they can “discover”.
- See Vygotsky.
“on the shoulders of giants”

17. Students need structure.
Process
Students need structure.
Provide students with organizers and steps to enable “discovery”

18. Discovery is a collaborative
collaboration
Discovery is a collaborative
process. Students need to practice working in groups and be comfortable with it.

19. The teacher “leads” the students with appropriate
Guidance
The teacher “leads” the students with appropriate
suggestions and tasks. Subtle
persuasion!

20. All students should actively
Publication
All students should actively
present findings and share their discovery. Consolidate!