Constructivist teaching methods: Difference between revisions

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Another deterrent for this teaching method is that, due to the emphasis on group work, the ideas of the more active students may dominate the group’s conclusions.<ref name="thirteenorg"/>

As emphasis is not based on acquiring and practicing basic skills, students in constructivist classrooms tend to lag behind those in traditional classrooms in these areas.{{factFact|date=February 2007}} Proponents of constructivism argue that constructivist students perform better than their peers when tested on higher-order reasoning.

Critics of constructivism also argue that this teaching technique forces students to "[[reinvent the wheel]]." Proponents argue that students &mdash; especially elementary school-aged children &mdash; are naturally curious about the world, and giving them the tools to explore it in a guided manner will serve to give them a stronger understanding of it<ref name="thirteenorg"/>.