Essay Items

88.Explain how constructivist learning theory relates to the model of human memory. Identify the features of the model of human memory that are most important for knowledge construction.

89.Describe the suggestions for classroom practice when applying constructivist learning theory in classrooms, and provide an example of each.

90. Jennifer Clower wants her students to understand that when we exert a force on an object, it accelerates. She explains acceleration, such as objects’ speeding up as they fall to the earth, but she is uneasy about the extent to which the students understand the concept acceleration. So, she demonstrates force and acceleration by pulling a small cart across the front of the classroom using a spring scale that exerts a constant force. She also holds a tennis ball above her head and drops it and then shows a computer simulation that illustrates the acceleration of the dropped ball in slow motion. Jennifer explains that as the distances between the images of the ball get greater and greater, the ball is accelerating.

Assess Jennifer’s lesson using the guidelines for applying constructivist learning theory in classrooms as a basis for your assessment.