What You Always Wanted to Know About Constructivist Education… Review of “Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure?” edited by Sigmund Tobias & Thomas M. Duffy [Book Review]

Constructivist Foundations 5 (1):64 - 65 (2009)
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Upshot: Is education about memorising or about making meaning? Critics of constructivist instruction argue that it is more efficient to teach directly. However, there is an empowering engagement to making meaning and teachers need to know how to guide students in this process.

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