Constructivism is the instructor’s credo for creating a student-centered learning environment where the instructor acts predominantly as a facilitator or learning and as opposed to being a dispenser of knowledge.

    1.   Elicitation of Misconceptions. . . setting the stage

   2.   Exploration/Observation/Initial Discovery

   3.   Restructuring of Ideas . . . Closure

   4.   Application of Knowledge . . . Wrap-Up

   5.    An Ode to Constructivism
 

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