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con·struc·tiv·ism

(kən-strŭk′tə-vĭz′əm)

A movement in modern art originating in Moscow in 1920 and characterized by the use of industrial materials such as glass, sheet metal, and plastic to create nonrepresentational, often geometric objects.

con·struc′tiv·ist n.

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Noun

constructivist - an artist of the school of constructivism

constructivism - an abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects

artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

Translations

constructiviste

constructivist

[kənˈstrʌktɪvɪst]

A. ADJ → constructivista

B. N → constructivista mf

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One post-positivist theoretical framework that obtained a certain amount of prominence in the 1990s was the constructivist framework, and many IR experts felt that constructivist theorizing is significant to the further development of IR as a field (Weber, 2010, p.

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The paper tries to pinpoint the essential differences between traditional classrooms versus constructivist classroom.

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While realism and liberalism concentrate on material factors like power or corporation, constructivist theory tends to focus on the influence of ideas.

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On the other hand, constructivist teaching method is based on the constructivist learning theory, which argues that learning occurs when learners are actively involved in a process of meaning and knowledge construction.

OBJECTIVISM VERSUS CONSTRUCTIVISM IN GLOBAL BUSINESS EDUCATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Along these lines, the essential guideline of the constructivist approach is that pupils themselves develop their own particular comprehension by means of playing a dynamic part in building new information and their earlier learning is commanding in the development process [5].

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH

However, as a learning model of education, constructivist learning generally embodies six attributes.

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Do constructivist theories offer genuinely practical and scientifically grounded models for conducting psychological research and psychotherapy?

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Constructivist learning theory is an input by famous educators such as Piaget Vygotsky Bruner Ausubel Kelly and others.

Higher Secondary Biology Instruction in Pakistan in Constructivist Perspectives

Many research studies continue to highlight the challenges in reforms towards ICT supported constructivist teaching which include the need for time to prepare ICT-based lessons, the examination requirements, and the teachers' personal beliefs (Ertmer, 2005; Hermans, Tondeur, van Braak, & Valcke, 2008).

The relationships among Chinese practicing teachers' epistemic beliefs, pedagogical beliefs and their beliefs about the use of ICT

The value of constructivist teaching across grade levels and subject matters has been well-established in the education literature.

Constructing Change in America's Classrooms

"How had it ever happened here?"; a constructivist reading of Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 and its role in the Pynchon canon.

"How had it ever happened here?"; a constructivist reading of Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 and its role in the Pynchon canon