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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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Munter, Charles; Stein, Mary Kay; Smith, Margaret Austin – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: Which ideas should be included in the K-12 curriculum, how they are learned, and how they should be taught have been debated for decades in multiple subjects. In this article, we offer mathematics as a case in point of how new standards-related policies may offer an opportunity for reassessment and clarification of such…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education