Constructivism Case Study Analysis

Case Study



1- Traditional and constructivism lesson plans can both teach the same thing and students can both learn from them. Sometimes it depends on the student on which lesson plan is more effective. A traditional lesson plan would consist of a formatted lesson plan where you guide the students step by step. Then a constructivism lesson would start out with teacher giving them a problem or a question and then the students construct their own way of solving it. So essentially they construct their own learning.



2- I think the constructive lesson plans can benefit your students because they have control of how they are learning so they might work a little harder. Another reason is it is very hands on so students can learn more that way. A draw back might be that it takes longer to teach using this approach. I think it is also hard when the students don't really know what they are doing and you have to watch them fumble through. I think that once your students get the hang of constructivism is a great way for your students to show initiative and thrive in their learning. They will learn independence and learn to figure things out on their own.

3- Critical thinking in the identification and evaluation of evidence to guide decision making. In the constructivist lesson in the case study the students had to use critical thinking to look at the problem and make a decision about how to solve it. For example, the students had to find a way to measure the boat. So they used critical thinking to understand what the problem was and evaluate it to come up with an answer.

4- I would think that you could create a constructivist lesson plan that would also be an authentic activity. For example, the students can figure out how to make a bird house something they would use in real life. The would need to figure out measurements and what they should make it out of. They would need to consider the best way to attract a bird and so on.