Love that the "practical descriptions of constructivist learning" listed in the article
"[C]onstructivist learning should engage students in meaningful learning and ... the critical features
are that the learning should be ...
* Active and manipulative, engaging students in interactions and explorations with learning materials and provid[ing] opportunities for them to observe the results of their manipulations
* Constructive and reflective, enabling students to integrate new ideas with prior knowledge to make meaning and enable learning through reflection
* Intentional, providing opportunities for students to articulate their learning goals and monitor their progress in achieving them
* Authentic, challenging and real-world (or simulated), facilitating better understanding and transfer of learning to new situations
* Cooperative, collaborative, and conversational, providing students with opportunities to interact with each other to clarify and share ideas, to seek assistance, to negotiate problems, and discuss solutions."