Learning Theories: Metacognition and Constructivism - Asia e-University, 2009

Learning Outcomes: After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Define the concept of constructivism;

2. Explain the origins of constructivism;

3. Describe types of constructivism pertaining to cognitive constructivism and
social constructivism;

4. Describe the used of constructivism in the classroom teaching;

5. Define the concept of metacognition;

6. Distinguish between novice learner and expert learner; and

7. Describe several strategies to encourage metacogniton in the classroom.

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