constructivism

n. 1. (education) the theory that knowledge is built up through the process of evaluating and modifying existing knowledge based on new experience. In the public schools this theory has been translated into a de-emphasis on a standard curriculum such as the 3 R’s in favor of cooperative learning, where the students essentially teach each other. The student may emerge from this process knowing very little of history, science, literature, art, etc. and unable to read, write, and perform the other skills required by the real world, but he is well-prepared to evaluate and modify existing knowledge if any ever comes his way. See Outcome-Based Education. HOTS.





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