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  2. Constructivist teaching methods - Wikipedia

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    The constructivist method is composed of at least five stages: inviting ideas, exploration, proposition, explanation and solution, and taking action. [5] The constructivist classroom also focuses on daily activities when it comes to student work. Teaching methods also emphasize communication and social skills, as well as intellectual ...

  3. Constructionism (learning theory) - Wikipedia

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    Constructionism (learning theory) Constructionist learning is the creation by learners of mental models to understand the world around them. Constructionism advocates student-centered, discovery learning where students use what they already know to acquire more knowledge. [1] Students learn through participation in project-based learning where ...

  4. Constructivism (philosophy of science) - Wikipedia

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    Constructivism is a view in the philosophy of science that maintains that scientific knowledge is constructed by the scientific community, which seeks to measure and construct models of the natural world. According to constructivists, natural science consists of mental constructs that aim to explain sensory experiences and measurements, and ...

  5. Constructivism (philosophy of education) - Wikipedia

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    Constructivism in education is rooted in epistemology, a theory of knowledge concerned with the logical categories of knowledge and its justification. [3] It acknowledges that learners bring prior knowledge and experiences shaped by their social and cultural environment and that learning is a process of students "constructing" knowledge based on their experiences.

  6. Constructivism in science education - Wikipedia

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    Constructivism has been considered as a dominant paradigm, or research programme, [1] in the field of science education since the 1980s. [2][3] The term constructivism is widely used in many fields, and not always with quite the same intention. This entry offers an account of how constructivism is most commonly understood in science education.

  7. Discovery learning - Wikipedia

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    Discovery learning is a technique of inquiry-based learning and is considered a constructivist based approach to education. It is also referred to as problem-based learning, experiential learning and 21st century learning. It is supported by the work of learning theorists and psychologists Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, and Seymour Papert.

  8. Cognitive apprenticeship - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive apprenticeship is a theory that emphasizes the importance of the process in which a master of a skill teaches that skill to an apprentice. Constructivist approaches to human learning have led to the development of the theory of cognitive apprenticeship. [1][2] This theory accounts for the problem that masters of a skill often fail to ...

  9. Science education - Wikipedia

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    Educational research. Science education is the teaching and learning of science to school children, college students, or adults within the general public. The field of science education includes work in science content, science process (the scientific method), some social science, and some teaching pedagogy.