Translating constructivism into instructional design: Potential and limitations

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-27

  Karagiorgi, Yiasemina ^a   Symeou, Loizos ^a  

^a NONE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Active learning; Authentic learning; Collaborative learning; Constructivism; Instructionl design; Multiple perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244505019     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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