Constructivist Instruction : Success or Failure?

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ISBN: 9780203878842 | 0203878841
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Copyright: 4/2/2009

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Bringing together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructivist approaches to instruction, this book presents the evidence for and against constructivism and detailed views from both sides of the controversy. A distinctive feature is the dialogue built into it between the different positions.

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Foreword
Preface
Introduction
The Success or Failure of Constructivist Instruction: An Introduction
The Evidence for Constructivism
Reconciling a Human Cognitive Architecture
Constructivism in an Age of Non-Constructivist Assessments
Taking Guided Learning Theory to School: Reconciling the Cognitive, Motivational, and Social Contexts of Instruction
Beyond More Versus Less: A Reframing of the Debate on Instructional Guidance Alyssa Friend Wise
Constructivism: When It's the Wrong Idea and When It's the Only Idea
Challenges to the Constructivist View
What Human Cognitive Architecture Tells Us About Constructivism
Epistemology or Pedagogy, That Is the Question
How Much and What Type of Guidance is Optimal for Learning?
Constructivism as a Theory of Learning Versus Constructivism as a Prescription for Instruction
The Empirical Support for Direct Instruction
An Examination of Specific Learning and Motivational Issues
Learning and Constructivism
From Behaviorism to Constructivism: A Philosophical Journey from Drill and Practice to Situated Learning
What's Worth Knowing about Mathematics?
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens" What about Direct Instruction?
Beyond the Fringe: Building and Evaluating Scientific Knowledge Systems
Summing Up
An Eclectic Appraisal of the Success or Failure of Constructivist Instruction
Building Lines of Communication and a Research
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