We probably don't recollect a great workbook exercise, but we probably remember an engaging field trip, a great class project, or an interesting, creative teacher. Constructivist approaches accommodate individual differences. Learning is different for each individual. Teaching practices based on constructivism are flexible and varied and therefore accommodate different learning needs. Computers, for their part, offer students individualized learning, allowing them to progress at their own pace.
Constructivist approaches prepare learners for the workplace of their future.
The shift in the workplace to information jobs that demand skills in analysis and synthesis of information requires changes in both how and what our future workers learn. To be prepared to enter our globally competitive market, students must go beyond memorization of facts to knowing how and why. Constructivist approaches emphasize both the learning process and the product of learning. The minimum set of vocational skills in this Information Age includes literacy, numeracy, and computation skills. Learning how to operate and manipulate hardware and software imparts a very important set of vocational skills.