Learning that takes place, not through instruction, but through
examination, analysis, or experimentation. See also inquiry. The
idea behind discovery learning is that people understand and
remember concepts better when they have discovered them on their
own. Discovery learning includes activities such as
experimentation, data interpretation, interviews, and
dissection. See the following examples: - Experimentation:
Students may learn through experimentation how the position of
the fulcrum affects the force necessary to raise a given object
using a lever. - Data interpretation: Examining family trees
showing which members have a disease will allow students to
determine whether the allele causing the disease is recessive,
dominant, or sex-linked. - Interviews: Students can learn about
integration by interviewing people in their community who
remember when the schools were segregated. - Dissection:
Dissecting small branches will show students that only the green
cambium layer of a tree is living and active in w