The recently introduced national curriculum for the first stage of Dutch secondary education
requires not only a change in educational content but also a change in educational …

Under the banner of constructivism, a world-wide change in the orientation to school
learning has taken place. In the context of the constructivist movement an important question …

Background. This article describes the outcomes of a longitudinal, multilevel observational
study in which the relationship between the processes of co‐operation and giving …

This chapter traces the development of teacher knowledge in the field of education from the
1970s onward. It pays attention to the conceptualizations of personal knowledge and …

Too often, mathematics and science are taught in isolation from each other and from
meaningful problems that matter to students. This book draws on the authors' experiences …

Complex Instruction (CI) is a cooperative learning approach, which aims at improving the
equal status interaction among students working in groups who may be at different …

Seit mehr als fünf Jahrzehnten befassen sich Wissenschaftler* innen und Praktiker* innen
mit der Frage, wie Kooperation unter Schüler* innen so gestaltet werden kann, dass eine …

We present an integrated approach to guide teaching and learning in science, mathematics,
and engineering in middle through high school. We developed this model while working …

Being that the curriculum plays a fundamental role in the development of the communities
and it has to be designed taking into account learners' background, this research analyzes …

The geographic and geologic settings of Puerto Rico served as the context to develop a
mixed methods investigation on:(1) the effects of a five-day long constructivist and field …