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Discovery learning cycle with worksheet-guided group investigation and physical props for geometry

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Description

The article implements discovery learning as group work on student worksheets, following the discovery process described as "orientation, generating hypotheses, testing hypotheses, making inferences and evaluation (control)". Students manipulate physical props such as origami and HVS paper to fold shapes, measure sides and angles, and induce relationships (e.g. triangle area as half a rectangle), while the teacher circulates to monitor and scaffold. Questions on the worksheets are designed to provoke analysis, analogy-finding, and generalization.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Worksheet questions must "stimulate students' thinking process optimally" and be answerable within students' reach so they do not fail or lose confidence
  • Teacher performs didactic-pedagogical anticipation in the lesson plan, predicting student responses before teaching

Constraints

  • At the first meeting group formation caused friction; some students initially refused to work with particular peers
  • Low-ability students had difficulty understanding worksheet problems and could not resolve all worksheet items

Target Learners

  • junior high school (grade VII) mathematics students

Learning Goals

  • mathematical analogical ability
  • geometry concepts (triangle, square, rectangle area and perimeter)
  • generalization and pattern-finding

Claims

  • Discovery Learning

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Maarif, S. (2016). Improving junior high school students' mathematical analogical ability using discovery learning method. International Journal of Research in Education and Science (IJRES), 2(1), 114-124. https://www.ijres.net
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title Discovery learning cycle with worksheet-guided group investigation and physical props for geometry
description The article implements discovery learning as group work on student worksheets, following the discovery process described as "orientation, generating hypotheses, testing hypotheses, making inferences and evaluation (co...
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