FIGURE 3 The Inventing to Prepare
for Learning cycle. Each left-side
arrow represents an invention activity
that students complete in small
groups, usually for 30 min. Each
right-side arrow represents class discussions
about the inventions that students
made. Students can complete
several invention-presentation couplets.
The couplets prepare students to
learn from direct instruction (a lecture
in this figure), which follows the invention
and presentation activities.
Finally, students briefly practice