5E Model of Instruction
5E Definition | Teacher Behavior | Student Behavior |
Engage
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Explore |
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Acts as a facilitator -
Observes and listens to students as they interact -
Asks good inquiry-oriented questions -
Provides time for students to think and to reflect -
Encourages cooperative learning | -
Conducts activities, predicts and forms hypotheses or makes generalizations -
Becomes a good listener -
Shares ideas and suspends judgment -
Records observations and/or generalizations -
Discusses tentative alternatives |
Explain |
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Connect prior knowledge and background to new discoveries -
Communicate new understandings -
Connect informal language to formal language | -
Encourages students to explain their observations and findings in their own words -
Provides definitions, new words and explanations -
Listens and builds upon discussion form students -
Accepts all reasonable responses | -
Explains, listens, defines and questions -
Uses previous observations and findings -
Provides reasonable responses to questions -
Interacts in a positive, supportive manner |
Extend/Elaborate |
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Apply new learning to a new or similar situation -
Extend and explain concept being explored -
Communicate new understanding with formal language | -
Uses previously learned information as a vehicle to enhance additional learning -
Encourages students to apply or extend the new concepts and skills -
Encourage students to use terms and definitions previously acquired | -
Applies new terms and definitions -
Uses previous information to probe, ask questions and make reasonable judgments -
Provides reasonable conclusions and solutions -
Records observations, explanations and solutions |
Evaluate |
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Assess understanding (Self, peer and teacher evaluation) -
Demonstrate understanding of new concept by observation or open-ended response -
Apply within problem situation -
Show evidence of accomplishment | -
Observes student behaviors as they explore and apply new concepts and skills -
Assesses students' knowledge and skills -
Encourages students to assess their own learning -
Asks open-ended questions | -
Demonstrates an understanding or knowledge of concepts and skills -
Evaluates his/her own progress -
Answers open-ended questions -
Provides reasonable responses and explanations to events or phenomena |
Source
Based on the 5E Instructional Model presented by Dr. Jim Barufaldi at the Eisenhower Science Collaborative Conference in Austin, Texas, July 2002.