You construct your wants, dreams, ambitions and knowledge -- alone.

• how do humans "learn" ??

• They construct their knowledge, bit by bit from their experiences --- (Exploration Lessons)
  

• What "constructivist behaviors" do you employ that will allow students to teach themselves?

reading 2
1992: raymond: linda joseph embraces "constructivist math" -- teaching k-8 -- pp 34-37 -- jan

reading 3
1991: bonstetter & yager: on research: find new strategies -- science scope -- pp 46-47 -- sep

reading 4
1991: yager: the constructivist learning model ... toward real reform in sci ed -- TST -- pp 52-57 -- sep

reading 5
1990: brooks: teachers & students: constructivists forging new connections -- educational leadership -- pp 68-7l -- feb

reading 6
1964: webster: how to help children make mistakes -- s&c -- pp 13-14 -- vol. l; #8

reading 7
1972: elkind: piaget and science education -- s&c - pp 9-12 -- nov

reading 8
1964: duckworth: piaget rediscovered -- s&c issue #2

reading 9
1988?: duckworth: wherein balloons teach the learning process -- NYTimes

other constructivist references

1994 clough / clark cookbooks and constructivism -- tst feb 94 pp34-37

1992 hassard: minds on science -- pp 2l7--224 harper collins

1992 abruscato: teaching children science --- pp36-38 allyn & bacon 3rd edition

now find two other articles dealing with constructivism.

Try the science journals whose library call numbers are listed below.

Summarize and react to these articles.

Q l8l s38: the science teacher ( dec issue has each year's bibliography )

QL 328: school sci - math ( dec issue has each year's bibliography )

QH 1 a275: american biology teacher

QE 40 j6: j of geological education

QC 30 P48: the physics teacher

Q---------: j of research in science teaching

Q---------: science education