Cycles of Learning

A learning cycle is a concept of how people learn from experience. A learning cycle will have a number of stages or phases, the last of which can be followed by the first.

The learning cycle has four phases:

1. Engage, in which a student's interest is captured and the topic is established.
2. Explore, in which the student is allowed to construct knowledge in the topic through facilitated questioning and observation.
3. Explain, in which students are asked to explain what they have discovered, and the instructor leads a discussion of the topic to refine the students' understanding.
4. Extend, in which students are asked to apply what they have learned in different but similar situations, and the instructor guides the students toward the next discussion topic.

While the cycle can be entered at any of the four stages, a cycle must be completed to give learning that will change behaviour. The cycle can be performed multiple times to build up layers of learning.

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Amelia
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Global Journal of Educational Foundation
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