I'm so torn. I really enjoy teaching using the 5 E model. I really enjoy the efficiency of the gradual release model. My students like both. They love the activity and the sense of wonder they get from the engage and explore components of the 5E model. They love the sense of accomplishment they get from being explained a concept and then applying it immediately with their peers during guided practice. They hate feeling they like don't understand what is going on during the explore section of 5E and they hate the notes/lecture daily repetition of gradual release.
I've been trying to get the best of both worlds. Just enough of the concept up front (definitions, maybe an example) followed by one of the normally engage or explore activities where the students start to ask more in depth question, with a few more clarifying notes as questions come up, and then some sort of tie it all together activity, usually hinting at whatever the next piece of knowledge is. It has been working decently but I know there is more that can be done.
Any thoughts? What do you do in your classes? Have you moved on to something entirely different (flipped classes?!?)
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