Constructivism

Student Performance Goals:

• The teacher candidate will characterize constructivism, giving a number of examples.
• The teacher candidate will summarize basic techniques of the constructivist approach.
• The teacher candidate will provide a number of examples of preconceptions from physics.

PHY 310 Course Syllabus

Students' Alternative Conceptions (from the University of Dallas C3P Project)

Constructivism (PowerPoint presentation)

If I teach this way, am I doing my job? A 1999 article about constructivism by Debra Sprague and Christopher Dede

Using Discrepant Events to Teach Science Process Skills

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