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Trotter, Andrew – Executive Educator, 1995
Constructivism, which holds that knowledge is created out of each individual's own experience, is recapturing researchers' attention. To constructivists, teachers are not omniscient oracles, but nutritionists providing an environment for children to grow their own knowledge. Students might learn division by planning a field trip instead of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Division, Educational Environment