constructivism
constructivism
Definition
con·struc·tiv·ism (-iz′əm)
noun
an early 20th-cent. movement in sculpture, painting, architecture, etc., orig., in the Soviet Union, characterized by abstract and geometric design, man-made materials, and massive structural form
constructivism
Usage Examples
Possessives
- term: To the best of my knowledge the term ' social constructivism ' appeared in mathematics education from two sources.
Converse of object
- include: You will explore a range of explanations of processes of learning and development including social constructivism and behaviorism.
- use: They used Constructivism and Cubism as the base for their work: which developed through looking at primitive, everyday objects.
- call: It has been called radical constructivism ( 6 ).
- mediate: This is sometimes called weak constructivism or, to use Woodgate and Redclift's ( 1998 ) less value-laden term, mediated constructivism.
- base: This leisure based constructivism is perhaps where we need to think about taking our e-learners in the next phase of our e-learning roll out.
Adjective modifier
- radical: No such values are assumed in the two principles of radical constructivism.
- social: In order to address these issues two assumptions of social constructivism need to be made explicit.
- Russian: Julian Rothenstein favors bold layouts and flat muted colors reminiscent of Russian Constructivism.
- cognitive: Cognitive constructivism refers to the developmental stages identified by Piaget that children pass through as they construct meaning based on their experiences.
- e.g.: Although postmodernism comes in a variety of forms e.g. constructivism, it does have some central features.
- hard: Hard Constructivism fails to account well for widely differing mystical understandings of the same religious text.
Preposition: in
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