Three of the following teaching strategies should help students benefit from a discovery learning activity. Which strategy is least likely to be helpful?
A) Mr. Azama makes sure students have some knowledge about triangles, including the concepts of base and height, and then provides an exercise through which the students discover for themselves the formula for calculating a triangle's area.
B) Ms. Berkowitz asks students to write down their discoveries about what happens to a chemical solution when they heat it.
C) Ms. Clift gives students several guidelines to follow as they conduct a physics experiment.
D) Mr. DiCicco takes his students to the site of a Civil War battle and says, "OK, look around and see what you can find that might be of interest to your peers."

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Mr. DiCicco's approach is least likely to be helpful because it lacks structure and specific objectives, making it difficult for students to engage in focused discovery learning.

Three of the Following Teaching Strategies Should Help Students Benefit