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November 1999 | Volume 57 | Number 3 The Constructivist Classroom Pages 29-32
Karoline Krynock and Louise Robb
When faced with real problems about their world, students come up with accurate, logical, and creative solutions using skills that connect to different subject areas.
This is stupid! Why do we need to know this?" How often have we heard these phrases in our middle-level classrooms? After years of struggling with the 8th grade phenomenon of "Anything that is not directly applicable to my life is useless and therefore stupid," we began our trek down the path toward Problem-Based Learning (PBL).
Problem-Based Learning is the epitome of constructivism. Students receive a real or a potentially real problem and devise a practical solution from the research that they do. We design problems so that students learn a variety of skills as well as meet curriculum objectives.
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