5E model of instruction

The 5E model of instruction includes 5 phases: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. Roger Bybee, in his book, Achieving Scientific Literacy, states: “Using this approach, students redefine, reorganize, elaborate, and change their initial concepts through self-reflection and interaction with their peers and their environment. Learners interpret objects and phenomena and internalize those interpretations in terms of their current conceptual understanding.”

• Engage students so that they feel a personal connection with the topic.• Provide students an opportunity to explore the topic through their own activitiesand investigations.• Help students explain their findings once they have constructed meaning fromtheir own experiences.• Allow students to elaborate by constructing convincing lines of evidence tosupport their suppositions.• Work with students to evaluate their understanding of science concepts, problemsolving abilities, and inquiry skills.Today’s innovative science classrooms require that educators provide the most useful andengaging educational experiences possible. This section provides examples of manyhelpful strategies. They may be adapted and refined to best fit the needs of studentsand/or instructional plans.

Online Resources on the 5E ModelOrder Matters: Using the 5E Model to Align Teaching with How People Learnhttp://www.lifescied.org/cgi/content/full/9/3/159

What the teacher and student should do in the 5E Modelhttp://www.heartlanded.org/FloridaPromise/Documents/5E_Model.pdf

The BSCS 5E Instructional Model: Origins, Effectiveness, and Applicationshttp://www.bscs.org /pdf/bscs5eexecsummary.pdf

the 5E ModelExample

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http://secondarypgms.brevard.k12.fl.us/Science%20Guides/21st%20Century%20Chemistry.pdf