A pedagogical approach

Approach: Discovery learning
Article:  Scientific Discovery Learning with Computer Simulations of Conceptual Domains
Authors: Ton de Jong & Wouter R. van Joolingen


Based on the articles that I've read as a preparation for lecture 3, I've searched for a pedagogical approach that was mentioned one of the articles. The pedagogical approach that I found interesting was 'discovery learning'. I've found an article about that specific pedagogical approach.
The article is about 'scientific discovery learning' in simulation environments. It's a highly self-directed and constructivistic form of learning. Constructivistic means that there is a strong emphasis on the learner as an active agent in the knowledge acquisition process. The task of the learner is to discover, through experimentation, the model underlying the simulations. There are a lot of problems that the learner can encounter. The article sums these problems up and give some solutions how to overcome these problems. The solutions will be given in a kind of instruction that is combined with the simulations.


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