Resource Log (Sources #49-54)

#49 “Constructing on Constructivism: The Role of Technology” – This is an article by Aloka Nanjappa and Michael M. Grant that is featured in the Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education. This article discusses how technology and constructivism complement and enhance one another. The most interesting parts of this article include an examination of the evaluation through electronic portfolios and an analysis of the role of the teacher in a constructivist classroom.

Nanjappa, A. & Grant, M.M. (2003). Constructing on constructivism: The role of technology. Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education. Retrieved from http://ejite.isu.edu/Volume2No1/nanjappa.htm

#50 “A Study of Constructivism in the Classroom” – This is a paper published by Mississippi College. It discusses the important role technology plays in the constructivist classroom. The most interesting part of this article was its lengthy description of today’s constructivist teachers.

Swayze, E.N. (n.d). A study of constructivism in the classroom. Mississippi College. Retrieved from www.mc.edu/campus/users/swayze/index_files/Paper.doc

#51 “Constructivism” – This is an online paper sponsored by Georgia State University entitled “Constructivism”. The section of this paper entitled “Using Constructivism in the Classroom” thoroughly discusses the role of student initiative in the constructivist classroom.

Brown, D.S. (n.d.). Constructivism. Georgia State University. Retrieved from http://www.rr1.net/users/dsmbrown/Constructivism.htm

#52 “Constructivism” – This site includes blog entries and excerpts from a Wiki entry that discusses the fundamentals of constructivism. I found the following sections to be very informative and useful because they discussed the responsibility of the learner and how social/group learning enhances individual learning in the constructivist classroom: “The Learning as a Unique Individual”, “The Importance and the Background and Culture of the Learner”, “The Responsibility for Learning”, and “The Motivation for Learning”.

Answers Corporation. (2009). Constructivism. WikiAnswers.Com. Retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/constructivism-learning-theory

#53 “Constructivism Learning Theory” - This website discusses increased student responsibility in constructivist classrooms and several of the instructional tools used in constructivist classrooms that relinquish the responsibility of learning and constructing new knowledge to the student.

Purcell, L. (n.d.). Constructivism learning theory. Michigan State University. Retrieved from https://www.msu.edu/~purcelll/constructivismlearningtheory.htm


#54 “Socio-Constructivist Learning Theory” - This WikiBook excerpt discusses how the social construction of knowledge in a group aids an individual’s own personal construction of knowledge. It discusses a very interesting idea called “distributed cognition”, which is defined as “a process in which cognitive resources are shared socially in order to extend individual cognitive resources or to accomplish something that an individual agent could not achieve alone” (EduTech Wiki, no page numbers).

EduTech Wiki. (2007, November 16). Socio-constructivist learning theory. MediaWiki. Retrieved from http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Socio-constructivism