Errors provide the opportunity for insight into students' previous knowledge constructions. Exploration is a favoured approach in order to encourage students to seek knowledge independently and to manage the pursuit of their goals. Learners are provided with the opportunity for apprenticeship learning in which there is an increasing complexity of tasks, skills and knowledge acquisition. Knowledge complexity is reflected in an emphasis on conceptual interrelatedness and interdisciplinary learning. Collaborative and cooperative learning are favoured in order to expose the learner to alternative viewpoints.
Scaffolding is facilitated to help students perform just beyond the limits of their ability.
Assessment is authentic and interwoven with teaching. This site was created by Elizabeth Murphy , Summer, 1997.