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Direct linkDeVries, Rheta – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2004
This paper has two purposes: (1) to explain briefly in terms of Piaget's theory why relationships are fundamental for constructivist teachers; and (2) to show how constructivist teachers can think about relationships in classroom activities. In a nutshell, the message is that the process by which children are constructing their intelligence,…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Class Activities, Piagetian Theory, Formal Operations
Peer reviewedDeVries, Rheta; Zan, Betty – Young Children, 1995
Uses transcripts to present two very different approaches to helping children remember rules, reflecting very different sociomoral atmospheres that will influence children's development positively or negatively. Explores grouptime, decision making, and conflict resolution as they occur in constructivist classrooms characterized by mutual respect…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Decision Making
