Presentation Of Information, No Matter How Technically...

Presentation of information, no matter how technically sophisticated, is not enough; learners must interact with content to construct their own meanings and integrate new knowledge into the dense web of neural connections that is mind and memory. We cannot Google our way through life (although I do it a lot) and a student will always need some foundational knowledge. But what counts more is a person s ability for lifelong learning, to think, research, find information, analyze, synthesize, understand and critically evaluate for themselves; to be able to apply research and solve problems; to collaborate and communicate. This is particularly important for students and employers competing in a global economy. Students need to learn to do†¦show more content†¦As a result of this, teachers more and more use older student tutors and adult tutors. One obvious place that the impact of social constructivist theories can be identified is in the design and organization of the classrooms. Today teachers favor the potential of peer to peer interactions and the greater classroom community in learning. Numerous classrooms in the U.S. have assigned spaces for small group work, in addition to arrangements for whole class discussions. Elementary classrooms generally incorporate small group reading areas, mathematics and science centers or stations. I believe that the reading and math areas can be set up by abilities grouping when needed, depending on the disability of the student(s) and that students may be moved into mix-ability groups as they progress in a constructivist classroom. V. Personal Reflection In reviewing my learning style, study skills, and philosophical methodology of learning, I found discrepancies rendering these profiles not close to being an accurate assessment tool and therefore invalid. Some of the questions that were asked are subject to interpretation. I had to research a few terms to make sure that I was comprehending what was being asked and in reality, it still was not clear to me and interpreted the question the way I understood it which may have been completely wrong therefore producing inaccurate results. The