The Social Studies, September 1st, 2002
Young learners need activities that engage them mentally and physically in processing new information. It is easy to accept such ideas intuitively, but matching the curriculum content to meaningful activities is a challenge. We believe that following a learning cycle is a satisfactory way to meet that challenge.
A learning cycle is a lesson or unit taught in three phases. First, an exploratory activity introduces the unit and provides information for students to use to investigate the topic to be studied with little or no direction and help from the classroom teacher. The lesson development...
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