Jerome Bruner is often credited with originating discovery learning in the 1960s, but his ideas are very similar to those of earlier writers such as John Dewey. Bruner argues that "Practice in discovering for oneself teaches one to acquire information in a way that makes that information more readily viable in problem solving".
Jerome Bruner is frequently credited with pioneering discovery learning in the 1960s, but his concepts are very similar to those of earlier writers like John Dewey. Bruner contends that "Practicing oneself in discovering teaches one to acquire information in a manner that makes this information more easily applicable in problem-solving."