Findings of the Exploration Phase are reported, compared, and contrasted. Patterns are identified. Therefore, concepts are constructed or developed, thus changing the learners' cognitive structures. C. Concept Application 1. Learners apply the patterns and concepts explored during the Exploration Phase and constructed during the Concept Development Phase to new situations.
Learners increase their understanding of the concepts.
All three learning cycles have three phases. The descriptive learning cycle simply engages the learners in exploring a phenomenon to come up with a pattern. See also Mystery Bag . Preferably the learners will observe a phenomenon which prompts them to ask the causal question. If not, the teacher poses the causal question.