This course is designed to help participants examine the implications of constructivism for learning and teaching in science, mathematics, and technology focused areas. Course readings, discussions, and assignments will examine constructivist views of learning, research on students' ideas and idea-based interactions, research on instructional approaches taking student ideas into account, and challenges in implementing constructivist perspectives in instruction.
Constructivism and Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Constructivism and Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Instructor: David E. Brown
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There are 5 modules in this course
You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
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1 video4 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
This module introduces constructivism and looks at some implicit assumptions that are questioned by a constructivist perspective on learning.
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3 videos1 reading1 peer review1 discussion prompt
Constructivism has a strong focus on students’ ideas. This module looks at a number of examples of student ideas and explores the nature of these ideas.
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5 videos1 reading1 peer review1 discussion prompt
This module looks at a number of examples of constructivist learning environments and explores important aspects of these learning environments.
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5 videos1 reading1 peer review1 discussion prompt
This module explores some critical challenges in implementing constructivist learning environments and looks at resources for facing these challenges
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3 videos1 reading1 peer review1 discussion prompt
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Reviewed on Sep 8, 2021
This was a very interesting course. There are a lot of useful tools to engage students in class
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The course is very educative but my problem is the peer assignment review.
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It is a life enricher course for anybody interested in education and learning. Thank You
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