Which option best aligns with the goals of the 5-E Model?

• A. Engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration, evaluation
• B. Engagement, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, End
• C. Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate
• D. Engage, Experiments, Explanation, Elaborate, Evaluate

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is that the 5-E Model centers on five goals for guiding learning: engagement to spark interest and connect with prior knowledge, exploration to provide hands-on inquiry, explanation to help students articulate and build understanding, elaboration to extend and apply ideas, and evaluation to assess and reflect on what was learned. The option presents these five goals in the same order and using the noun forms that emphasize aims rather than actions, which matches the way teachers often frame the model’s outcomes.

This phrasing keeps the focus on what the lesson seeks to achieve at each stage: capture curiosity, investigate, articulate understanding, expand thinking, and verify learning. The other choices mix terms that don’t align with the standard goals (for example, using End instead of Evaluation, or calling phases things like Experiments rather than the evaluative/goal-oriented language).