What is constructivism?
Theory of pedagogy
Theory of knowledge acquisition
Theory of psychology
Who are the major contributors to constructivist theory ?
Skinner and Pavlov
Rogers and Maslow
Piaget and Vygotsky
Which statement best reflects the essence of constructivism?
People construct meaning and knowledge from their experiences.
People construct meaning and knowledge from other people's experiences.
People construct meaning and knowledge by reproducing series of facts
What is the constructivist teacher's role in the classroom?
Conditioning the learners behaviour by using rewards or punishments.
Fostering an engaging environment for the students.
Encouraging students to use active techniques to create knowledge, and reflect on it.
What is the student's role?
Questioning themselves and strategies that are used in order to become "expert learners".
Following the teacher's instructions.
Processing the information, organizing, and remembering it.
How constructivism is applied in classroom?
Students work individually.
Students work in groups.
Students work as they please.
Which statement about constructivism is most precise?
Process is as important as the result.
The result is more important than the process.
Process in more important than the result.
According to constructivism, knowledge is...
subjective.
objective.
What kind of materials are used in constructivist classroom?
Textbooks.
Materials adapted specifically for use in schools.
Primary sources of materials and manipulative materials.
How does knowledge construction take place?
By repeating and reproducing series of facts.
Through interpretation, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
By following directions, and responding to stimulus.