P-O-E

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P-O-E (predict-observe-explain) is a type of learning activity. It is an example of active learning pedagogy, and considered a constructivist approach that is useful where students have common alternative conceptions that can be demonstrated to be false

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.