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=Welcome to the 5E Wiki= =We will use this space to share ideas for lessons using the 5 E model= Accessing the KISD site: []
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Origins Origins of the BSCS 5E Instructional Model can be traced to the philosophy and psychology of the early 20 th century and Johann Herbart. His psychology of learning can be synthesized into an instructional model that begins with students’ current knowledge and their new ideas that relate to the current knowledge. The connections between prior knowledge and new ideas slowly form concepts. According to Herbart, the best pedagogy allows students to discover relationships among their experiences. The next step involves direct instruction where the teacher systematically explains ideas that the student could not be expected to discover. Finally, the teacher provides opportunities for the student to demonstrate their understanding. In the 1930s an instructional model based on John Dewey’s “complete act of thought” philosophy gained popularity. The instructional model includes: sense a perplexing situation, clarify the problem, formulate a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, revise tests, and act on solutions. The primary purpose of the review of instructional models proposed by individuals such as Herbart and Dewey is to point out that the fact that such teaching models are not new; there were earlier models similar in philosophy and psychology to the BSCS 5E Instructional Model. The BSCS model is a direct descendant of the Atkin and Karplus learning cycle proposed in the early 1960s and used in the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). The Atkin and Karplus learning cycle used the terms // exploration //, // invention // , and // discovery //. These terms were later modified to: // exploration //, // term introduction // , and // concept application //. At BSCS we added an initial phase designed to engage the learner’s prior knowledge and a final phase to evaluate the student’s understanding. 