Volume 10 · Number 3 · Pages 285–288
Reconstructing Constructionism

Richard Noss & James Clayson

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Abstract

Upshot: Constructionism must return to its epistemological roots to make any lasting impact on education. Constructionism should be transformed from a framework of action into ways to conceptualize and record what people actually do in constructionist environments so that theories of knowledge-building acts can be tested and the designing of those environments can be made more effective.

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Noss R. & Clayson J. (2015) Reconstructing constructionism. Constructivist Foundations 10(3): 285–288. http://constructivist.info/10/3/285

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