In a lesson with 12-14 year-olds, which technique best represents Guided Discovery?

• A. Provide all steps before activity
• B. Ask leading questions during activities
• C. Demonstrate and require imitation
• D. Avoid questions to reduce confusion

Answer: (B)

Guided Discovery centers on guiding learners to uncover how a skill works by prompting them with questions and inviting exploration during the activity. For middle teens, this keeps them actively engaged and helps them connect actions to outcomes. The best representation is asking leading questions during activities. These questions encourage students to test ideas, notice effects, predict outcomes, and explain their thinking, which leads to deeper understanding and flexible skill use. Providing all steps before the activity turns it into instruction rather than discovery. Demonstrating and requiring imitation gives a fixed method without student-generated reasoning. Avoiding questions removes the opportunity for students to investigate and adjust strategies.