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North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in EDLE & CUIN
EDUC 5312: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Name: Ozlem Yalcin

Date: 2/27/16

Instructional Project 3
Directions:
This is a research assignment. Use your textbook, web articles, and NAU library
to conduct research when writing this paper.
Use APA style references and in-text- citations. You need to use at least 3
different resources besides Castronova (2002), and Moore (2015).
Part 1. DISCOVERY LEARNING:
Download and read the following article:

Castronova, J. A. (2002). Discovery learning for the 21st century:

What is it and how does it compare to traditional learning in
effectiveness in the 21st century. Action Research Exchange, 1(1), 112. Retrived from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?
doi=10.1.1.594.6363&rep=rep1&type=pdf

After reading this article and conducting additional research, answer

to the following questions.

What is Discovery Learning?

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Discovery Learning is a technique of inquiry-based learning and is considered a

constructivist based approach to education. It is supported by the work
of learning theorists and psychologists Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, and Seymour
Papert.

How does this form of teaching compare to traditional, teacher-centered instruction?

- In teacher-centered education, students put all of their focus on the teacher. The
teacher talks, while the students exclusively listen. During activities, students
work alone, and collaboration is discouraged.

What educational theories support the discovery learning model?

- Instructors should use stories, games, visual aids and other attention-grabbing
techniques that will build curiosity and interest, and lead learners in new ways of
thinking, acting and reflecting.
The techniques utilized in Discovery Learning can vary, but the goal is always the
same, and that is the learners to reach the end result on their own. By exploring
and manipulating situations, struggling with questions and controversies, or by
performing experiments, learners are more likely to remember concepts and
newly acquired knowledge.
What is the most important thing you discovered about discovery learning?
- Discovery Learning can be used in different techniques according to different
teachers and schools that assess the way that teachers are teaching. The discovery
learning technique is based on the way that teachers approach the students on how
they are able to learn.

How can you apply this method to your future classroom?

- You can apply this method in the classroom by helping students in the way that
they learn by using different styles of teaching techniques and allowing them to
learn in a way that they feel comfortable.
Part 2.ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS

Select oneof the following chapters to conduct research: Chapter 2,

3, 5 or 12. Review the chapter and respond to related questions for
that chapter by conducting your own research.

Chapter 2- Teaching Diverse Students

1. Teaching all students. Remember that a teachers job is to teach all students
and assume an attitude that all students can learn. Research techniques and
strategies that can be used to accomplish this task. Sources of information
include the library, the Internet, current journals, and recent books.

2. Intelligence profile. Evaluate your own intelligence profile according to

Gardner. In what frames of mind (intelligence areas) do you come out strongest?
- In the eight frames of mind according to Gardener, I believe that I come out the
strongest in the Musical section of his eight frames of mind because I believe that I have
a high tolerance to sound, rhythm, pitch, melody or tone. I am able to capture the song
either by either one of those parts. When I listen to a song I am immediately able to sing
the whole song by listening to it once. This allows me to develop a high intelligence
profile to the Musical section according to his research.

Part 3. REFERENCES:

Cite at least 5References in APA.

You need to use at least 3 different resources besides Castronova
(2002), and Moore (2015).
You may use http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-journal for
citing your sources in APA style.

References:
- http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/classroom-resources/which-is-best-teachercentered-or-student-centered-education/
- http://elearningindustry.com/discovery-learning-model
- http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu/103/1/1/
- http://kmpetersondp2.weebly.com/gardners-eight-frames-of-mind.html
- https://books.google.com/books?
id=wxj6npSaykgC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false