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Have beg, mid, and end
Scaffolding provided by teacher or by activities themselves

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Students working not just watching teacher work

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Engaging lessons/projects have closure and reflection

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Students are developing their understanding through what they do

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Important Points on Engaging Students in Learning

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Important Points on Engaging Students in Learning

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-Student engagement is the centerpiece of the framework for teaching
-Students are intellectually  active  in their learning by discussing, debating,  answering what if questions.

-Typically the assignment or lesson has a begining middle and end and is scaffolded to meet individual needs.
-The best evidence in observing a lesson is how engaged the students are and what they are doing

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Teacher's Role in Constructivism Classroom

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Teacher's Role in Constructivism Classroom

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Designing lessons framed with problem solving - engages students to build own knowledge

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Minds-On not necessarily Hands-on

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Student choice involved - students construct their own learning by involving prior knowledge and solving problems

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Concepts posed as problems for students to solve - brainstorm/come up with different solutions that arrive at the necessary learning

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Learners need time to explore a concept

Learning is more permanent through constructive approach

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powerful framework for understanding

The learner does the learning

experiences the concepts  for themselves

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-Constructivism is now acknowledged by cognitive psychologists as providing the most powerful framework for understanding how children and adults learn.

-Not an anything goes philosophy
-Teachers together with Colleagues, state standards, determine what it is studnets will learn

-It is the learner who does the learning

-Students will understand differently based on their cognirive structures, knowldge and experiences

-Engage students

Constructivist teaching takes more time because students require more time to explore rather than just being told about something

-Teachers must be selective on what to teach because of the time it takes in developing understanding of the topic with students

-Teaching focuses on designing activities and assignments