#LEARNING DISCOVERY TRIAL#

Which lesson will have a lasting impression? The other relies on a student memorizing information. The other relies on direct instruction, rote memorization, and knowing information “for the test.” One lesson is memorable for students.

#LEARNING DISCOVERY TRIAL#

Students gather around in a circle, see the model organs, giggle, and begin to guess the name of each body part, its function, and, through trial and error, figure out where each organ fits in the model.īoth lessons have been used by teachers, but one lesson has students actively involved, curious, and engaged. Now imagine this: elementary students walk into a classroom and see a basic skeleton with a models of the heart, lungs, kidneys, stomach, and intestines laying on a table in the center of the room. It’s due at the end of the period and the only way to measure whether the students have learned anything is based on this worksheet and the inevitable unit test.

He is trying not to fall asleep as his teacher drills content about basic anatomy: the heart is here, the lungs are here, the kidneys are here…The teacher gives the class a worksheet asking them to fill in which body parts go where. It’s a picture we’ve seen all too often: an elementary school student slumped over at his desk, bored and restless, his face barely supported in his hands.

Learning discovery