PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 75: Direct Instruction, Psy, Common Core State Standards Initiative
17 Dec 2019
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Contemporary approaches to student learning and assessment: constructivist and direct instruction approaches, constructivist approach: learner centered, and emphasizes the importance of individuals actively constructing their knowledge and understanding with guidance from the teacher. Teachers should not try to simply pour info into children"s. Children should be encouraged to explore their world, discover knowledge, reflect, and think critically, with careful monitoring and meaningful guidance from teacher. minds. Constructivists believe that for too long in american education children have been required to sit still, be passive learners, and rotely memorize irrelevant as well as relevant info. Today, constructivism may include an emphasis on collaboration children working together with each other. Constructivists argue that direct instruction approach in their efforts to know and understand. (below) children into passive learners and does not adequately challenge them to think in critical and creative ways: direct instruction approach: Maximum time spent by students on academic tasks. Efforts by teacher to keep negative affect to a minimum.
