Talk Science SciLinks Return to TOP An Interpretation Construction Approach to Constructivist Design. John B. Black and Robert O. McClintock Teachers College, Columbia University. Constructivist learning environments.
Study is a key concept in making design more fruitful in education.
We propose that what students are doing when they construct knowledge is studying. Specifically, we think that the term study captures better what should be going on during knowledge construction then does the term learn. The core of study is the hermeneutic activity of constructing interpretations. Thus, the key consideration in designing a SSE is fostering the construction of interpretations based on observations and background contextual information. In this paper, we describe a framework for SSE design and describe its application to three specific SSEs created as part of the Dalton Technology Plan.