Using Group Email

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Social constructivist theory suggests that knowledge is socially constructed through reflection on students’ own ideas and other learners’ ideas (Von Glasserfeld, 1990).

Example: Students communicate actively by using group email, and students make learning communities.

Related Resources

Von Glasserfeld, E (1990). An exposition of constructivism: why some like it radical. In Davis, RA, Mayer, CA and Noddings, N (eds). Constructivist views on the teaching and learning of mathematics, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston, VA, pp. 19-29.

Maor, D. (2003). The teacher’s role in developing interaction and reflection in an online learning community, Education Media International, 40(1/2), 127-137.