Psychology GCSE
Active, discovery-based learning
What Active, discovery-based learning means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Active, discovery-based learning
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Children build understanding through their own experience, so educators provide hands-on activities rather than passive transmission of facts.
Topics that use Active, discovery-based learning
- Development (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Accommodation
- Application of developmental stages to education
- Application to examples of behaviour
- Assimilation
- Challenging Piaget’s methods
- Conservation and egocentricity
- Criticism of learning styles
- Effect of task design on children’s performance
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