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Constructivism for Constructivists

Definitions:

Constructivism vs. Behaviorism vs. Cognitivism (Sonja Wilhelmsen, Stein Inge Åsmul, Øyvind Meistad)
Background Knowledge Houghton Mifflin's Teacher Education series.
Cognitive Approach (Judith Conway)
Constructivist Theory: Jerome Bruner (Greg Kearsley)
Constructivism (Elizabeth Nguyen and John Svec)

Readings

Acuña, Sisson and OConnor (1997) Cognition, Education and Manufacturing Engineering
Bednar, Cunningham, Duffy and Perry (1991) Theory into practice: How do we link?
Belenky, Clinchy, and Goldberger and Torule Women's Ways of Knowing : The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind
- reviews (amazon.com)
- synopsis (Nick Sushkin)
Berryman (1991) Designing Effective School-Based Learning Environments: Cognitive Apprenticeship Models
Black and McClintock (1995) An Interpretation Construction Approach to Constructivist Design
Bracey (1994) Emergent Learning Technologies - Common Themes
Brier (1992) Cybernetic and Semiotic View of Law-Determined Psychology
Brooks and Brooks Constructivist Classrooms (review by Kit Chiu)
Brown, Collins & Duguid (1989) Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning
Buckman and Resnick (1995) The MediaMOO Project: Constructionism and the professional community
Burbules (1997) Aporia: Webs, Passages, Getting Lost, and Learning to Go On
Chandler (1995) Texts and the Construction of Meaning.
Chandler (1994) Transmission Model of Communication: A critique
Chandler Active Interpretation
Building an Understanding of Constructivism (Classroom Compass)
Creswell (1997) Creating Worlds, Constructing Meaning: The Scottish Storyline Method (Reviewed by Edwina Pendarvis in Education Review)
Crotty (1993) Constructivist Theories United States Distance Learning and Teacher Education
Davidson (1995) Linking Theory to Reality
Dershem (1996) An Overview of Semiotic/Constructivist Theories
Dershem (1996) Covert Constructivism
Dillenbourg, et.al. (1995) Intelligent Learning Environments
Dixon-Krauss (1993) A Mediation Model For Dynamic Literacy Instruction
Farquhar (1995) Social Constructivism Research
Fischer (1996) Life Long Learning and Design
Fishman and Duffy (1993) Classroom Restructuring: What do teachers really need?
Garnham (1992) Minimalism vs Constructionism: a false dichotomy in theories of inference during reading
Ginn (1995) Jean Piaget - Intellectual Development
Goldberger, Mattuck and Clinchy (1996) Knowledge, Difference, and Power : Essays Inspired by Women's Ways of Knowing (Amazon reviews)
Grow Serving the Strategic Reader
Hein (1991) Constructivist Learning Theory
Harnad (1982) Neoconstructivism: A unifying theme for the cognitive sciences.
Heylighen and Joslyn (1992) Physical Constructivism
Harper (1996) Using Cognitive Tools in Interactive Multimedia
Honebein, Duffy and Fishman (1993) Constructivism and the design of learning environments: Context and authentic activities for learning
Heylighen (1995) Epistemological Constructivism
Hunt (1993) Texts, Textoids and Utterances
Hunter (1994) Public Access to the Internet
Inkpen (1995) Virtual Reality and Education
Jonassen (1994) Thinking technology: Toward a constructivist design model
Jonassen (1995) Operationalizing Mental Models
Jonassen, Mayes and McAleese Manifesto for a constructivist approach to technology
Joyce (1991) New Teaching
Kafai and Resnick (eds) (1996) Constructionism in Practice: Designing Thinking and Learning in a Digital World (Book announcement)
Kent (1995) Computers-Constructionism-Constructivism
Kimberly (1995) Marketplace: Supporting Learning Communities
Klemm (1994) Using a Formal Collaborative Learning Paradigm
Konstantinou and Morse (1992) Electronic Documentation System:Using Automated Hypertext Techniques for Technical Support Services
Koschmann, Newman, Woodruff, Pea and Rowley (1993) Technology and pedagogy for collaborative problem solving as a context for learning
Laffey Constructivist Theories
Livingston (1994) Restauranteur: A Constructivist approach to economics instruction
Marshall (1992) Pebbles, Pictures, and Modems: Tools for Representing Thinking
Mayes (1994) Impact of cognitive theory on the practice of courseware authoring
McKenzie (1994) Grazing the Net:Raising a Generation of Free Range Students.
Miller (1996) Vygotsky and education: The sociocultural genesis of dialogic thinking in classroom contexts for open-forum literature discussions
O'Neil and Gomez (1994) The Collaborative Notebook: A distributed knoowledge building environment for project enhanced learning.
Ostwald (1996) Knowledge Construction Glossary
Pea and Gomez (1992) Learning through collaborative problem solving
Rings (1994) Computer technology in teaching critical reading
Ryder (1994) Augmentation of the intellect: Network instruments, environments and strategies for learning
Ryder (1995) USENET: a constructivist learning environment
Scriven (1995) Cognitive Styles and CD ROMs
Shank and Cleary Top Ten Mistakes in Education
Shaw (1995) Social Constructionism
Shaw & Gains (1992) Geometry of Psychological Space
Smagorinsky (1993) Social Constructions of Data in the Zone of Proximal Development
Soloway et. al. (HI-C Group) Learner Centered Design
Strommen and Lincoln (1992) Constructivism, Technology, and the Future of Classroom Learning.
Swan and Hughes (1992) Constructivism: Definition and implications for implementation
Taylor (1994) History, Identity and Democracy: Implications of Community and Domestic Heritage Multimedia
Wilson (1997)Reflections on Constructivism and Instructional Design
Wilson, Jonassen & Cole (1993) Cognitive Approaches To Instructional Design
Wilson, Teslow, & Osman-Jouchoux (1993) The Impact of Constructivism (and Postmodernism) on ID Fundamentals
Wilson (1995) Metaphors for Instruction: Why We Talk about Learning Environments
Winn (1993) A Constructivist Critique of the Assumptions of Instructional Design
Van Ryneveld What is Constructivism?

Vygotsky:

seeSocio-Cultural Theory and Activity Theory
Margaret Anderson Tutorial on Lev Vygotsky
Benson Vygotsky Analyzes Piaget's Developmental Theory
Chou (1995) Egocentric Speech: A Debate Between Piaget and Vygotsky
Cole and Wertsch (1996) Beyond the Individual-Social Antimony in Discussions of Piaget and Vygotsky
Wilson, Teslow and Taylor (1993) Instructional Design Perspectives on Mathematics Education with Reference to Vygotsky's Theory of Social Cognition