Benefit Children learn more, and enjoy learning more when they are actively involved, rather than passive listeners. . Benefit Education works best when it concentrates on thinking and understanding, rather than on rote memorization.
Constructivism concentrates on learning how to think and understand. .
Benefit Constructivist learning is transferable. In constructivist classrooms, students create organizing principles that they can take with them to other learning settings. . Benefit Constructivism gives students ownership of what they learn, since learning is based on students' questions and explorations, and often the students have a hand in designing the assessments as well. Constructivist assessment engages the students' initiatives and personal investments in their journals, research reports, physical models, and artistic representations. Engaging the creative instincts develops students' abilities to express knowledge through a variety of ways.