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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