Summary of a specific pedagogical approach

Constructivism which origiantes from Jean Piaget's theory of constructivist learning argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their own experiences. This paper "Meaning Making and Self-Evaluation" first explains constructivist pedagogy and constructivist learning and their definitions and principles. And then self evaluation and portfolio assessment are emphasized as regards the evaluation in the constructivist approach. Based on constructivist learning, learners are taken as unique individauls and the instructors play the role as facilitators. This article is good at giving readers a clear overview of Constructivism and elaborating how self-evaluation and portfolio assessment can be applied into constructivist learning.

Reference:
Kottalil, Neena K., (2009). Meaning Making and Self-Evaluation,
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