Constructivist and Directed Models

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Constructivist and Directed Models

• The Differences Between The Two

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Constructivist Model

• Student centered teaching approach.
• A more relaxed less structured classroom
  environment.
• Assessment is conducted orally or through open
  ended written questions.
• Students experience less anxiety over correct
  and wrong answers.

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Directed Model

• Teacher centered approach.
• A more structured classroom environment.
• Assessment is conducted generally through tests
  and written questions.
• Students experience more anxiety over correct
  and wrong answers.

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The End Result

• Teachers must adjust themselves to what the
  students respond to.
• There is good and bad in both models.
• A combination of the two approaches may come out
  with the best results for all involved.