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Constructism and 5 E's

Constructivism is a learning theory where students build new understanding based on their existing knowledge and experiences. The constructivist teacher guides student exploration and inquiry by providing problems to solve and raw data for students to analyze themselves. This helps students see learning as an evolving process of accumulating knowledge. The 5 Es instructional model applies constructivism through five phases - Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate - to help students build new ideas from their existing understanding through common experiences and assessment of their learning.

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Constructism and 5 E's

Constructivism is a learning theory where students build new understanding based on their existing knowledge and experiences. The constructivist teacher guides student exploration and inquiry by providing problems to solve and raw data for students to analyze themselves. This helps students see learning as an evolving process of accumulating knowledge. The 5 Es instructional model applies constructivism through five phases - Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate - to help students build new ideas from their existing understanding through common experiences and assessment of their learning.

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Constructivism is a learning strategy that draws on students' existing knowledge, beliefs, and skills.

With
a constructivist approach, students synthesize new understanding from prior learning and new
information.

The constructivist teacher sets up problems and monitors student exploration, guides student inquiry,
and promotes new patterns of thinking. Working mostly with raw data, primary sources, and interactive
material, constructivist teaching asks students to work with their own data and learn to direct their own
explorations. Ultimately, students begin to think of learning as accumulated, evolving knowledge.
Constructivist approaches work well with learners of all ages, including adults.

The 5 E's is an instructional model based on the constructivist approach to learning, which says that
learners build or construct new ideas on top of their old ideas. The 5 E's can be used with students of all
ages, including adults.

Each of the 5 E's describes a phase of learning, and each phase begins with the letter "E": Engage,
Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. The 5 E's allows students and teachers to experience common
activities, to use and build on prior knowledge and experience, to construct meaning, and to continually
assess their understanding of a concept.

Engage: This phase of the 5 E's starts the process. An "engage" activity should do the following:

Make connections between past and present learning experiences

Anticipate activities and focus students' thinking on the learning outcomes of current activities. Students
should become mentally engaged in the concept, process, or skill to be learned.

Explore: This phase of the 5 E's provides students with a common base of experiences. They identify and
develop concepts, processes, and skills. During this phase, students actively explore their environment
or manipulate materials.

Explain: This phase of the 5 E's helps students explain the concepts they have been exploring. They have
opportunities to verbalize their conceptual understanding or to demonstrate new skills or behaviors.
This phase also provides opportunities for teachers to introduce formal terms, definitions, and
explanations for concepts, processes, skills, or behaviors.

Elaborate: This phase of the 5 E's extends students' conceptual understanding and allows them to
practice skills and behaviors. Through new experiences, the learners develop deeper and broader
understanding of major concepts, obtain more information about areas of interest, and refine their
skills.

Evaluate: This phase of the 5 E's encourages learners to assess their understanding and abilities and lets
teachers evaluate students' understanding of key concepts and skill development.

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