In a recent blog post, Kyle Pearce (@mathletepearce) raised the question “good at math or good at memorization?” Unlike most middle school math teachers, Kyle asks his students to wrestle with complex ...
Constructivism is an educational philosophy that deems experience as the best way to acquire knowledge. We truly understand something—according to a constructivist—when we filter it through our senses ...
Based on the authors' extensive research data, this instructive text provides practical models, ideas and exemplars for educators to actualize the full potential of technology in the future.
Most people would agree that schools have dual responsibility: to make people smart and make them good. If the teachers accept the second function, they are grappling with an axiological issue. In ...
Traditional classrooms have shifted globally and undergone unimaginable changes. In the flipped classroom, teachers serve as facilitators while students engage in their own learning. This brings me to ...
As an educational psychologist and educator for the past 20 years, I’ve come to appreciate the claims of constructivism more and more. In particular, I’m a firm believer that students learn by doing ...