Check for Understanding

Answer the following questions concisely.

1. Why do we say that learners are more engaged in conceptual understanding when using the
inductive method?
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2. Recall how your teacher taught science. Did she teach the lesson using the problem solving
method? If you, describe how the scientific method was demonstrated.
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3. Research on discovery learning. Is it inquiry-based learning?

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4. As a child, you are a natural explorer. Did your curiosity or inquisitiveness progress as you
went to school?
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5. Is the inquiry method only for the teaching of natural science? Is it also appropriate for the
teaching of social science?
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