AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Discovery learning encourages children to explore spontaneously within their environment.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Discovery Learning was introduced by Jerome Bruner, and is a method of Inquiry-Based Instruction. This popular theory encourages learners to build on past experiences and knowledge, use their intuition, imagination and creativity, and search for new information to discover facts, correlations and new truths.

Detailed explanation-2: -Learning by discovery is a technique for helping learners create and organize knowledge. Involving mindful participation and active inquiry, it typically takes place during problem-solving situations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Discovery learning – This strategy involves creating a problem-solving situation where student learners draw on their own past experiences and existing knowledge to discover new facts, relationships and information.

Detailed explanation-4: -In our classroom, the Discovery area is a place where children explore and investigate to answer their questions. They observe, experiment, measure, solve problems, take things apart, and handle the materials and living things we put out. They predict what will happen as a result of their actions.

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