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Mayer, Richard E. – American Psychologist, 2004
The author's thesis is that there is sufficient research evidence to make any reasonable person skeptical about the benefits of discovery learning--practiced under the guise of cognitive constructivism or social constructivism--as a preferred instructional method. The author reviews research on discovery of problem-solving rules culminating in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning), Discovery Learning, Transfer of Training

Lesgold, Alan M. – American Psychologist, 2001
Reviews psychological research on learning by doing, noting the role that learning-by-doing can play in education and training. Discusses how one University of Pittsburgh professor/researcher and his colleagues and students implemented this approach and describes lessons learned from the experience, explaining how improved forms of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Awards, College Students, Discovery Learning