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Oldfather, Penny – 1992
"Sharing the ownership of knowing" (a constructivist concept of motivation for literacy learning) is a dynamic classroom interaction in which a teacher's constructivist epistemological stance facilitates students' sense of their own construction of meaning and the integrity of their own thinking. Sharing the ownership of knowing was one…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Constructivism (Learning), Intermediate Grades
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Oldfather, Penny; And Others – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1994
Provides background on constructivist theory and describes practical applications. The article explains a children's thinking project that was part of a master's level early childhood education course, reporting what was learned about gaining access to children's ideas and insights into their thought processes. Implications for teacher education…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Early Childhood Education
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Oldfather, Penny; And Others – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1994
Describes what research has found about the use of collaborative mind mapping to facilitate the development of constructivist preservice teacher education programs. The paper discusses explicit connections between collaborative mind mapping and constructivism, varieties of mind maps, mind mapping as an invitation to thought, and how to use mind…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Collegiality, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning