One of the best examples of constructivism that I saw in the classroom was when Mr. D had students participate in discovery learning by splitting into groups and having students look up different key figures of the reformation giving them a few key guidelines of what to look for. He then had the students present what they had found and had the other students take notes based on their discovery to learn about all of the different key figures of the reformation. Students knew what they were doing and seemed to enjoy creating the presentations that they were creating.
However, there seems to be very few constructivist lessons in the classroom. There are a few projects but the requirements seem so rigid that I would not consider them to constructivist. For my mini-lesson I would like to incorporate group work and some inquiry.
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