5E Model of Teaching

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Based on the 5E Instructional Model presented by Dr. Jim Barufaldi at the Eisenhower Science Collaborative Conference in Austin, Texas, July 2002.Adapted from description by Cornel University, 2005

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EngageThe first phase is to engage the student in the learning task. The student mentally focuses on an object, problem,

situation, or event. The activities of this phase should make connections to past and future activities. Theconnections depend on the learning task and may be conceptual, procedural, or behavioral.

Asking a question, defining a problem, showing a discrepant event, and acting out a problematic situation are allways to engage the students and focus them on the instructional activities. The role of the teacher is to present asituation and identify the instructional task. The teacher also sets the rules and procedures for the activity.

The Student… Explain Activities The Teacher…• Asks questions such as:

• Why did this happen?

• What do I already know about this?

• What can I find out about this?

• How can this problem be solved?

• Shows interest in topic.• Responds to questions

demonstrating their own entry pointof understanding

Initiate the learning task. The activityshould make connections between pastand present learning experiences, andanticipate activities and organizestudents' thinking toward the learningoutcomes of current activities.• Generate interest• Access prior knowledge• Connect to past knowledge

• Set parameters of the focus

• Frame the idea

• Raises questions and problems.

• Elicits responses that uncoverstudents' current knowledge aboutthe concept/topic.

• Generates interest.

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Generates curiosity.

ExploreOnce the activities have engaged students, they need time to explore their ideas. Exploration activities aredesigned so that all students have common, concrete experiences upon which they continue building concepts,processes, and skills. This phase should be concrete and meaningful for the students. The aim of explorationactivities is to establish experiences that teachers and students can use later to formally introduce and discusscontent area specific concepts, processes, or skills. During the activity, the students have time in which they canexplore objects, events, or situations. As a result of their mental and physical involvement in the activity, thestudents establish relationships, observe patterns, identify variables, and question events.

The teacher's role in the exploration phase is first and foremost to select activities that lead to substantive concept building . The teacher’s role, then, is that of facilitator or coach. The teacher initiates the activity and allows thestudents time and opportunity to investigate objects, materials, and situations based on each student's own ideasand phenomena. If called upon, the teacher may coach or guide students as they begin constructing newexplanations.

The Student… Explain Activities The Teacher…

• Thinks creatively within the limits ofthe activity.

• Tries alternatives to solve a problemand discusses them with others.

• Suspends judgment.

• Conducts activities, predicts, andforms hypotheses or makesgeneralizations

• Becomes a good listener

• Shares ideas and suspends judgment

• Records observations and/orgeneralizations

• Discusses tentative alternatives

Provide students with a common baseof experiences which current concepts,processes, and skills are identified anddeveloped.• Experience key concepts• Discover new skills • Probe, inquire, and question

experiences • Examine their thinking • Establish relationships and

understanding

• Elicits responses that uncoverstudents' current knowledge aboutthe concept/topic.

• Raises questions and problems.

• Acts as a facilitator

• Observes and listens to students asthey interact

• Asks good inquiry-orientedquestions

• Generates interest.

• Generates curiosity.




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ExplainExplanation means the act or process in which concepts, processes, or skills become plain, comprehensible, and

clear. The process of explanation provides the students and teacher with a common use of terms relative to thelearning experience. In this phase, the teacher directs student attention to specific aspects of the engagementand exploration experiences. First, the teacher asks the students to give their explanations. Second, the teacherintroduces explanations in a direct and formal manner . Explanations are ways of ordering and giving a commonlanguage for the exploratory experiences. The teacher should base the initial part of this phase on the students'explanations and clearly connect the explanations to experiences in the engagement and exploration phases ofthe instructional model. The key to this phase is to present concepts, processes, or skills briefly, simply, clearly,and directly, and then continue on to the next phase.


• Explains possible solutions oranswers to other students.

• Listens critically to other students'explanations.

• Questions other students'explanations.

• Listens to and tries to comprehendexplanations offered by the teacher.

• Refers to previous activities.

• Uses recorded observations inexplanations.

• Uses previous observations andfindings

• Provides reasonable responses toquestions

Focus students' attention on a particularaspect of their engagement andexploration experiences, and provide

opportunities to demonstrate theirconceptual understanding, processskills, or behaviors. This phase alsoprovides opportunities for teachers tointroduce a concept, process, or skill.

• Connect prior knowledge andbackground to new discoveries

• Communicate new understandings

• Connect informal language to formallanguage

• Formally provides definitions,explanations, and new vocabulary.

• Uses students' previous experiencesas the basis for explaining concepts.

• Encourages students to explain theirobservations and findings in theirown words

• Provides definitions, new words, andexplanations

• Listens and builds upon discussionform students

• Asks for clarification and justification

• Accepts all reasonable responses

ElaborateOnce the students have an explanation of their learning tasks, it is important to involve them in furtherexperiences that apply, extend, or elaborate the concepts, processes, or skills. Some students may still havemisconceptions, or they may only understand a concept in terms of the exploratory experience. Elaborationactivities provide further time and experience that contribute to learning. The teacher should provide opportunitiesfor students to practice their learning in new contexts.


• Applies new labels, definitions,explanations, and skills in new, butsimilar, situations.

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Uses previous information to askquestions, propose solutions, makedecisions, design experiments.

• Draws reasonable conclusions fromevidence.

• Provides reasonable conclusionsand solutions

• Records observations, explanations,and solutions

Challenge and extend students'conceptual understanding and skills.Through new experiences, the students

develop deeper and broaderunderstanding, more information, andadequate skills.

• Apply new learning to a new or similarsituation

• Extend and explain concept beingexplored

Communicate new understanding withformal language

• Expects students to use vocabulary,definitions, and explanationsprovided previously in new context.

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Encourages students to apply theconcepts and skills to newsituations.

• Reminds and refers students ofalternative explanations.

• Uses previously learned informationas a vehicle to enhance additionallearning

• Encourages students to apply orextend the new concepts and skills

Encourages students to use terms anddefinitions previously acquired




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EvaluateAt some point, it is important that students receive feedback on the adequacy of their explanations. Informalevaluation can occur from the beginning of the teaching sequence. The teacher can complete a formal evaluationafter the elaboration phase. As a practical educational matter, teachers must assess educational outcomes. Thisis the phase in which teachers administer formative or summative evaluations to determine each student's level ofunderstanding. This also is the important opportunity for students to use the skills they have acquired andevaluate their understanding. This is also the time when the teacher determines whether students have met theperformance indicators.


• Demonstrates an understanding orknowledge of concepts and skills

• Answers open-ended questions byusing observations, evidence, andpreviously accepted explanations.

• Evaluates his or her own progressand knowledge.

• Asks related questions that wouldencourage future investigations.

• Provides reasonable responses andexplanations to events orphenomena

Encourage students to assess theirunderstanding and abilities and provide

opportunities for teachers to evaluatestudent progress.

• Demonstrate understanding of newconcept by observation or open-ended response

• Apply within problem situation

• Show evidence of accomplishment

• Assesses students’ knowledge andskills

• Observes students as they applynew concepts and skills.

• Looks for evidence that studentshave changed their thinking.

• Allows students to assess theirlearning and group process skills.

• Asks open-ended questions suchas, Why do you think...? Whatevidence do you have? What do youknow about the problem? Howwould you answer the question?

• Encourages students to assess theirown learning

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