During the early 1970’s, the early learning cycle model had 3 stages (Exploration, invention and discovery), but this was changed to a 5E learning cycle model and the steps involved in this model are as follows:
STEP 1: ENGAGE: In this stage, you as teacher have to find out what the students already know. This can be done by class discussions or short questionnaires. From this, you know where to start with your lesson.
STEP 2: EXPLORE: During this step, you need to fix all the misconceptions that came to light from step 1. You also give the students a hand on activity that will explore the topic in a bit more detail.
STEP 3: EXPLAIN: Here you could divide the class into groups and let them discuss what they just did in the activity. Each group will then have a turn to explain to you and the rest of the class what they understood from this activity. This is also where you bring in new concepts that you explain to the students to broaden their knowledge.
STEP 4: ELABORATE: Give the students a new activity where they will need to apply their newly found knowledge. By doing this you ensure that this sticks.
STEP 5: EVALUATE: the purpose of this step is to see if the students truly understand what they just did. This can be done formally as an exam of test or just as a oral presentation.
This is an easy way to develop a lesson plan, but just remember, students don’t all study the same way and in these 5 steps, you need to try and accommodate different studying techniques to improve your lesson plans effectiveness.
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