5E Learning Cycle
I was recently reading the November/December 2022 issue of \u201cThe Science Teacher\u201d a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.\xa0\xa0In this issue, I read the \u201cEditor\u2019s Corner\u201d column, written by Ann Haley MacKenzie.\xa0\xa0She wrote a column entitled, \u201cDirect Instruction: A Healthy Place for Both Science Teachers and Students?\u201d\xa0\xa0
Direct instruction doesn\u2019t always work.\xa0\xa0What we know about human learning is that students need exposure to a concept at least five or six times before they can begin to move it into long term memory.\xa0\xa0Hence the 5E Learning Cycle:\xa0\xa0Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate.