Defintion 1
A view that emphasizes the active role of the learner in building understanding and making sense of information.
CONSTRUCTIVISM
ideas are constructed in individuals through a personal process
COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTIVISM
teachers and students making meaningful connections between what the teacher knows and what the students know and need in order to help the students learn more.
SCAFFOLDING
ideas are constructed through interaction with the teacher and other students.
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM
involve problems and learning situations that mimic the ill-structured nature of real life.
COMPLEX LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
considering problems using various analogies, examples, and metaphors.
MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS OF CONTENT
relies on collaboration with others and respect for different perspectives.
SOCIAL NEGOTIATION
a commitment to build shared meaning with others by finding common ground and exchanging interpretations.
INTERSUBJECTIVE ATTITUDE
An approach where the teacher presents a puzzling situation and students solve the problem by gathering data and testing conclusions. You tried the formula of removing the first letter to multiple numbers to test if the end result would match the prompt.
INQUIRY LEARNING
When students are confronted with a problem that launches their inquiry as they collaborate to find solutions and learn valuable skills and information in the process.
PROBLEM BASED LEARNING
A relationship in which a less experienced learner acquires knowledge and skills from an expert.
COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP
Learning to apply the strategies of questioning, summarizing, predicting, and clarifying.
RECIPROCAL TEACHING
Situations in which elaboration, interpretation, explanation, and argumentation are integral to the activity of the group and where learning is supported by other individuals.
COOPERATIVE LEARNING
Provides tools that support individualized learning in a variety of contexts and situations.
PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
framework in which knowledge is constructed through online peer interactions.
PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK