TY  - JOUR
AB  - Guided by four principles – learners construct their own meaning; new learning builds on prior knowledge; learning is enhanced by social interaction; and learning develops through “authentic” tasks – constructivist learning moves from experience to knowledge and not the other way around. In a constructivist classroom, the activities lead to the concepts; the students construct the meanings. Learning happens! Abstract concepts become meaningful, transferable, and retained because they are attached to the performance of a concrete activity. This article discusses the elements of constructive learning and describes ways to apply those elements to library instruction to create truly “active” learning. An appendix contains sample exercises.
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
SN  - 0090-7324
DO  - 10.1108/00907320410537658
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320410537658
AU  - Cooperstein Susan E.
AU  - Kocevar‐Weidinger Elizabeth
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Beyond active learning: a constructivist approach to learning
T2  - Reference Services Review
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 141
EP  - 148
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -