Direct Instruction is the best strategy to use when introducing a topic. After the student has reached automaticity, however, it's time to move on and allow for inquiry.
Students need to be given the opportunity to come up with their own ideas about what they are learning. The video clip of the LICM is a great example of discovery learning. Every student in that video was learning by doing. It was hands-on.
For me, I know that is the way I learn best. The concept can be repeated multiple times through DI, but until I can get involved and do it myself, I won't truly understand what is being taught.
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