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Aylward, Ronald C.; Cronjé, Johannes C. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
The pedagogical paradigms of Direct instruction (behaviorism/objectivism) and Constructivism are often seen as opposing paradigms at the ends of an instructional design continuum. Unfortunately, this view makes the two approaches mutually exclusive. Designers must use the one at the expense of the other. A previous study proposed that the two…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Behaviorism, Constructivism (Learning), Mastery Learning
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Jonassen, David H. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2006
In this paper, the author presents his arguments to Fox's premise that functional contextualism has an implications for designing instruction. Fox argues that functional contextualism is an alternative to constructivism because constructivism has not empirically demonstrated its effectiveness. However, the author finds this assertion troubling for…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Context Effect, Models, Behaviorism