I was startled the other day to receive a manuscript describing a new teaching method that is being carried out in a “constructivist atmosphere.” It suddenly occurred to me that I had not heard anything about constructivism for a long time. I always had trouble with that word. When it was becoming popular, I couldn’t figure out what the methodology was or why it was unique.
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