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Constructivism is a theory about how people learn. People construct their own understadning of the world through their own experiences.

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We are active creators in what we choose to learn. Depending on our experiences, we may change what we choose to believe by contracting new information.

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Once students are able to conduct experiements, or relate what they are learning to real life experiences, they are able to reflect on what they learned to help them better understand.

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In the classroom, most teaching techiniques are used to help students connect what they are learning to real life experiences.

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It is important, as an educator, to understand your students pre existing knowledge on what you are about to teach. This way, you can help build students' understading based on their prior knoweldge.

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Constructivist teachers encourage students to assess how the activity is helping them gain understanding. Question students on their learning strategies so they can become expert learners.

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In a constructivist classroom enviornment, students learn how to learn.

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Students will continuously reflect on their experiences to gain complexity and power in their abilities to understand the information.

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Constructivism does not dismiss the active role of the teacher or the value of expert learning.

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Teachers help students to construct knowledge rather than to reproduce a series of facts.

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The constructivist teacher will provide tools like problem solving activities so students can test their own ideas, draw conclusions, and convey their knoweldge in a collaboartive learning enviornment.

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Students construct their knoweldge actively rather than mechanically from a text book.

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Constructivism triggers the student's innate curiostity about the world and how things work.

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Students become more engaged by applying what they know and learn to real world experiences.

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In a constructive classroom the teacher coaches and helps students develop and understand their own learning. Students are more actively involved in their own learning.