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A Study of Discovery and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching
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From : Worthen
B. (1968). A Study of Discovery
and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching. Journal of Teacher Education, 19: pp.223-242
The article “A Study of
Discovery and Expository Presentation: Implications for Teaching” by Blaine R.
Worthen is devoted to the discovery learning, its advantages and disadvantages.
The article’s strength is in presenting critics of discovery method in
teaching, herewith supporting it by the claims of different scientists. Along
with the discovery method, the author discusses expository method and comes to
the conclusion that the most effective teaching is when using both expository
and discovery teaching.
The research of Worthen is
carried out on ground of a large experiment which is introduced by means of
many tables in the article. Such amount of tables overload the article and make
reader’s attention dispel. Moreover, he is weak at providing comprehensive
explanations of the material presented in the tables.
Therefore, special
attention should be paid at the measures of teaching behavior researched by
means of two instruments. The author explains pupil perception of the teaching
behavior with the help of scoring method and brief directions. Moreover, Worthen
makes teacher ratings in order to compare differences in teacher’s treatment. Thus
the measures of teaching behavior are used as controls ensuring proper
presentation of discovery and expository teaching.
In discussion and
conclusions, results of teaching behavior are shown by the researcher. It
should be outlined that his findings support the claims of many scientists
concerning discovery methods. Thus article mostly concerns drawbacks of the
discovery methods and its influence on the pupils and their development.
In general, analyzed
article can be considered as a successful presentation of the research denying generally
accepted theory of discovery method. Furthermore, Blaine R. Worthen managed to
make his research interesting and appealing to the audience despite overloading
his article with tables. All in all, the research introduced in the analyzed
article is consistent and well-structured what makes readers perceive
information faster and easier. Implications for future research are quite
interesting and need initiations for exploring discovery-expository dimensions.
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