13 Mart 2006

Vocational English-1: Some of the Sentences Reviewed on March, 8th, 2006

Constructivism is a relatively recent term used to represent a collection of theories, including (among others), discovery learning (Bruner, 1961), situated learning (Brown, Collins & Duguid, 1989). The common thread among these theories is the ideas that that individuals actively construct knowledge by working to solve realistic problems, usually in collaboration with others (Duffy, Lawyck, Jonassen, 1993).

Cognitive Approach
As its name implies, the cognitive approach deals with mental processes like memory and problem solving. By emphasizing mental processes, it places itself in opposition to behaviorism, which largely ignores mental processes.

Cognition
Cognition refers to mental activity including thinking, remembering, learning and using language. When we apply a cognitive approach to learning and teaching, we focus on the understaning of information and concepts. .



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