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Should you be a high school technology, engineering or math educator and have stumbled upon this page of applying the 5E learning model? You are not in the wrong place! Fellow science teachers, this is for you too!
Although the 5E learning model was developed for application in science education, this resource will provide information to help you implement the 5E learning model in your STEM discpline!
What is the 5E Learning Model?
The 5E Learning or Instructional Model is a pedogical approach to science teaching and learning developed by the Biological Science Curriculum Study in 1987 (Ruiz-Martín & Bybee, 2022).
Each of the 5 phases: engage, explore, explain, elaborate and evaluate builds on eachother to provide learners with engaging learning experiences that captivate students.
Implementation of the 5E model has shown to be effective in science learning outcomes, at the primary and secondary levels,as well as for students from different socioeconomic levels (2022). This makes it an execellent model to reach the learning needs of diverse classrooms.
This resource has been created to provide a novel example for each STEM discpline for how the 5E model could be implemented. Moreover, additional resources for 5E model application and implemntation have been provided.
See below for a brief summary of each "E" of the model. Then keep scrolling to access the novel ideas and additional resources for each STEM discipline!
(Ruiz-Martín, H., & Bybee, R. W., 2022)
Teacher introduces students to a problem or phenomena that students cannot fully explain with their current knowledge
Students investigate phenomena, share observations, suggest explanations and discuss interpretations
New concepts discovered and understood in explore phase are formalized and organized
Students apply newly learned concept(s) to solve a new problem in new contexts
Newly acquired knowledge is assessed
REFERENCES
Ruiz-Martín, H., & Bybee, R. W. (2022). The cognitive principles of learning underlying the 5E
model of instruction. International Journal of STEM Education, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-022-00337-z
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