Constructivism: Its Benefits, Its Costs, and What We Should Be Doing Presented at the 2011 California Academic Technology (CAT) Conference Sacramento, CA September 22, 2011 MISTfits Recorder - Tom Coordinator - Bradley Elaborator - Cynthia Explorer - Megan
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Constructivism: Its Benefits, Its Costs, and What We Should Be Doing
Presented at the 2011 California Academic Technology (CAT) Conference
Sacramento, CA September 22, 2011
MISTfitsRecorder - Tom
Coordinator - BradleyElaborator - Cynthia
Explorer - Megan
The Fuzzy '-ism'
The first two have fairly clear and direct definitions however when looking at constructivism, things get a bit....well....fuzzy. Constructivism is vaguely defined as a learning method where the learner builds or constructs their knowledge through a series of relevant and meaningful experiences.
There is also a lack of specificity for how to create this environment, thus things get fuzzy.
When trying to define how people learn there are a wide collection of
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