Melinda wants to help her students understand the concept of velocity. She provides a large number of Hot Wheels cars and small ramps and scales, stopwatches, and rulers for her students so that they can work to find patterns. Melinda then questions the students as a group, and they come to a description of the patterns that emerged. Of the following, the Melinda's approach could best be
described as:
a. direct instruction.
b. cooperative learning.
c. guided discovery.
d. lecture-discussion.
c
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