The project was noted to be similar to earlier reform methods such as progressive education, and discovery learning.
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DI teaches by passive learning, in contrast to exploratory models such as inquiry-based learning, discovery learning or active learning.
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The college is home to a major interdisciplinary machine shop and hands-on work center, called the Discovery Learning Laboratory,
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But they also succeeded in the area of " concepts and applications, " supposedly the strong point of discovery learning.
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According to Brown and Campione, discovery learning that was unguided could potentially be dangerous, while didactic study led to passive learners.
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The approach to the project was to create a program that met between the theories of discovery learning and didactic learning.
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In fact, the percentage of high-performing students was lower after two years of discovery learning than it was at the start.
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He advocated for discovery learning where teachers create a problem solving environment that allows the student to question, explore and experiment.
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Mayer ( 2004 ) argues that unassisted discovery learning tasks do not help learners discover problem-solving rules, conservation strategies, or programming concepts.
