minimally guided instruction

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strictly this refers to discovery learning or similar approaches where there is minimal input, although often the term is incorrectly used to include all types of teaching through enquiry and constructivist teaching approaches

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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.