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e-learning Magazine: Discovery Learning: Repurposing

e-learning Magazine: Discovery Learning: Repurposing An Old Paradigm (January 2002 Issue)
Call it the repurposing of an old paradigm: Constructivist learning, a revised and updated form of discovery learning, is a student-centered learning approach that is based on cognitive psychology. In this active learning environment, students encounter experiences that enable them to construct personal knowledge through problem-solving and experimentation. These constructivist principles work particularly well in an e-learning setting.

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