EXPLORE

The **//EXPLORE//** component of e5 Instructional Model, provides students with the opportunity to become directly involved in the learning. The teacher acts as facilitator, providing the students with suitable materials/texts and guiding the students’ focus. Students have the opportunities to observe, gather and record data, locate information, organise findings, process and work with information they have gathered. The students’ inquiry process drives the instruction during the **//EXPLORE//** stage. At the **//EXPLORE//** phase, the teacher provides opportunities for students to work in teams to build on their knowledge and experiences and assists them in the process of sharing and communicating their knowledge and understandings. The teacher may suggest approaches, provide feedback, ask questions and assess understandings. The teacher guides the students to **//EXPLAIN//** results of their research (**//EXPLORE//**). The teacher encourages the students to work with minimal supervision but observes and listens to the students, asking probing questions to redirect the students’ investigations and thinking when necessary. Questions to encourage exploration include:   § How will you go about discovering …?  § Where can you gain more information on this topic?  § What do you think you know and what do you need to know and find out about...?  § What are the features of...?
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