A curriculum committee is revising science teaching to better reflect evolving…

2026

A curriculum committee is revising science teaching to better reflect evolving pedagogy. Which change best aligns with contemporary pedagogical practices?

  1. A.

    Restricting experiments to standardized procedures in manuals

  2. B.

    Including inquiry-based exploration and encouraging students’ reasoning

  3. C.

    Focusing only on strict discipline and traditional instruction

  4. D.

    Making teaching independent of students’ developmental patterns

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Correct answer: B

Contemporary pedagogy in science encourages students to explore, ask questions, form explanations, and reason from evidence. Inquiry-based exploration makes learners active participants rather than passive followers of fixed procedures. Therefore, including inquiry and encouraging students’ reasoning is the best change.

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