Discovery Learning

Discovery Learning

1. It is an active process of inquiry-based instruction that encourages learners to build on prior knowledge through experience and to search for new information and relationships based on their interests.

2. Types of Discovery Learning

   • Experiments
   • Exploration
   • Simulation-based learning
   • Webquests
   • Inquiry-Based Learning
   • Problem-based learning

3. Actively engages students in the learning process.

4. Motivates students to participate in class.

5. Encourages autonomy and independence.

6. Promotes the development of creativity and problem-solving skills.

7. The learner interacts with the world around them all the while exploring and questioning during experimentation and the use of trial and error.

8. Teachers give a problem to their students and set their students free to solve it on their own, discovering as they go..

9. It ensures higher levels of retention.

10. Instructors need to be well prepared and anticipate the questions they may receive, and be able to provide the right answers or guidelines.