Students reflect on their own experience, design ways towards further understanding and exploration. Learning environment Teacher dominated. Teacher not attentive to students in classroom. Teacher somewhat attentive to students, more attention to content. Teacher provides appropriate attention to students and often modifies the learning environment to meet students' needs.
Teacher modifies the learning environment in response to interaction with and needs of students.
Didactic Transitional Early Constructivist Experienced Constructivist Concepts, content, process Content knowledge and process operate independently from each other. Sometimes concepts are explored through the processes of science and inquiry, some concepts are explained. More often conceptual understanding is constructed within the processes of science and inquiry experiences. Frequently conceptual understanding occurs through the processes of science and inquiry activities. Multiple forms of assessment are used throughout the class that give feedback to both teacher and students.