Which scenario BEST illustrates learning by doing in a science classroom?
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Correct answer: Students design experiments and discuss the results
Designing and performing experiments engages students actively, encourages inquiry and reflection — exactly what learning-by-doing and experiential education promote.
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More Learning by doing questions
- Which of the following best describes a criticism often made of learning-by-doing approaches in traditional education systems?
- In modern pedagogy, which of these approaches continues to draw on the principles of learning by doing and progressive education?
- Who is widely regarded as the founder of the educational philosophy that advocates “learning by doing”?
- According to progressive education, learning by doing primarily involves:
- Which of the following is a core principle of the experiential learning approach advocated by Dewey?
- In a classroom that follows a “learning by doing” model, the role of the teacher is most likely to be: