TCRecord just published a great example of the kind of weak science that strikes me that as a perfect example of why I don’t bother to read the academic literature on learning theory with any regularity.
The article starts off well enough:
Teachers exert the greatest influence in the classroom through the way in which they engage [...]
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Constructivism, Cognitivism, and Behaviorism in Weak Science
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Constructivism, Cognitivism, and Behaviorism in the Corporate World
I had an interview with a PhD student today that got me to thinking about various instructional philosophies. Now, I must say that this is somewhat unusual for me, since I happen to think that all three philosophies mentioned in the title of this post (a) are weakly supported (at best) by what little we [...]
