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What is Constructivist Learning

Chapter 237
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Implies learning conditioned by activities, a constraint-based learning approach based on education via the individual experiences of a learning activity.
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An Overview of Artificial Intelligence in Education
Molly Y. Zhou (Dalton State College, USA) and William F. Lawless (Paine College, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch237
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A Case Study Examining How Online Andragogy Has Reshaped Expectations for Face-to-Face Instruction
A method or philosophy of learning that emphases meaningful and engaged learning.
Published in Chapter: A Case Study Examining How Online Andragogy Has Reshaped Expectations for Face-to-Face Instruction; From: Faculty Roles and Changing Expectations in the New Age
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Applying Constructivist Self-Regulating Learning Approach for ICT Students
Constructivist learning has some basis in cognitive learning and is the result of the mental construction of a situation. Constructivism, in its most basic form, is piecing together new information using information already known to the student.
Published in Chapter: Applying Constructivist Self-Regulating Learning Approach for ICT Students; From: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
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Chapter 8
Promoting Training Transfer for Quality Telehealth Provision
Social learning approach whereby learners are able to develop new knowledge and construct their own meaning in order to make sense of it and use it in new situations.
Published in Chapter: Promoting Training Transfer for Quality Telehealth Provision; From: Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine
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Chapter 9
Building Connections for Doctoral Students Through Asynchronous Learning: Discussions and the Flipped Model Classroom
An approach to learning that holds that people actively construct or make their own knowledge and that reality is determined by the learner’s experience.
Published in Chapter: Building Connections for Doctoral Students Through Asynchronous Learning: Discussions and the Flipped Model Classroom; From: Driving Innovation With For-Profit Adult Higher Education Online Institutions
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Innovative Instruction in STEM Education: The Role of Student Feedback in the Development of a Flipped Classroom
Learning theory that refers to the idea that students construct knowledge through their own experiences.
Published in Chapter: Innovative Instruction in STEM Education: The Role of Student Feedback in the Development of a Flipped Classroom; From: Handbook of Research on Active Learning and the Flipped Classroom Model in the Digital Age
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Chapter 15
Online Instructional Practices for Racially Diverse Student Populations in United States Higher Education Institutions: Challenges and Best Practices
A theory of learning that states that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
Published in Chapter: Online Instructional Practices for Racially Diverse Student Populations in United States Higher Education Institutions: Challenges and Best Practices; From: Handbook of Research on Cross-Cultural Online Learning in Higher Education
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Chapter 15
Fostering Online Communities of Practice in Career and Technical Education
A philosophy of learning founded on the premise that, by reflecting on individual experiences, learners construct their own understanding of the world.
Published in Chapter: Fostering Online Communities of Practice in Career and Technical Education; From: Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education: Technologies for Vocational Training
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Chapter 18
Examining Graduate Students' Cooperative Learning Experiences in an Online Reading Course
Learning theory that focuses upon individuals working and learning together to construct knowledge.
Published in Chapter: Examining Graduate Students' Cooperative Learning Experiences in an Online Reading Course; From: Handbook of Research on Integrating Digital Technology With Literacy Pedagogies
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Approaches for Addressing Student Barriers to Collaborative Learning Success
Learning that is active, constructive and reflective, intentional, and real-world.
Published in Chapter: Approaches for Addressing Student Barriers to Collaborative Learning Success; From: Handbook of Research on Mobile Technology, Constructivism, and Meaningful Learning
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Chapter 5
Community Activism and Impacting Communities Through High Impact Educational Practice
When students build upon existing knowledge to learn new information, this is known as constructivist learning.
Published in Chapter: Community Activism and Impacting Communities Through High Impact Educational Practice; From: Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century
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Chapter 6
Designing Educational Paths in Virtual Worlds for a Successful Hands-On Learning: Cultural Scenarios in NetConnect Project
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Chapter 22
Reconceptualising Information Literacy for the Web 2.0 Environment?
Learning as an individual or social act of construction, leading to sense-making and the building of meaning.
Published in Chapter: Reconceptualising Information Literacy for the Web 2.0 Environment?; From: Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies
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Collective Intelligence in Online Education
A philosophy of learning founded on the premise that, by reflecting on individual experiences, learners construct their own understanding of the world.
Published in Chapter: Collective Intelligence in Online Education; From: Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Models for Next-Generation Teaching and Learning
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Chapter 169
Information-Rich Learning Concepts
A model for learning based on the widely held notion that individuals construct their own knowledge of, and meaning for, the world around them.
Published in Chapter: Information-Rich Learning Concepts; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 25
Authentic Learning in Second Life: A Constructivist Model in Course Design
Centered learning approach and learners construct new knowledge by doing and experiencing, focusing on critical thinking, deep-level learning
Published in Chapter: Authentic Learning in Second Life: A Constructivist Model in Course Design; From: Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
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Chapter 65
Continuing Science Education of the Global Public
A learning philosophy that contends that learning occurs in incremental steps, leveraging on the previous knowledge of the learner about the topic.
Published in Chapter: Continuing Science Education of the Global Public; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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