Exam 6: Cognitive Development

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The response should include a specific grade level and a specific topic to be taught at that level. It should describe how that topic might be taught using discovery or inquiry learning in sufficiently concrete terms that you have a fairly good idea of what would occur during the lesson. Although students' responses are apt to vary considerably,their approaches should incorporate at least three of the following ideas:
• Identify a topic that lends itself to a discovery-learning or inquiry-learning approach.
• Make sure students have the necessary prior knowledge for discovering new ideas and principles.
• Show puzzling results to arouse curiosity.
• Structure and guide a discovery session so that students proceed logically toward discoveries you want them to make.
• Have students record their findings.
• Help students relate their findings to concepts and principles in the academic discipline they are studying.