constructivist lesson plan

Constructivist Lesson Plan

A constructivist lesson plan is very important in order to build a student’s character. It is imperative for the students to take the lesson that they’ve received and able to use that information appropriately, this will show that the student truly understand what they’ve learned. Another way students can show this is by teaching other students not exactly teaching but sharing and interpreting what they have learned into their own words. This process help the student to not only preserve the information but also help them think for themselves and gain a true understanding of what they’ve learned. There are six main elements in a constructivist lesson plan. These six main elements are situation, grouping, bridge, questions, and exhibit and lastly reflections, all six of these elements are vital to a constructivist lesson plan. The teacher has to be very active in a constructivist lesson plan, without the teacher being there to guide the students they would not know exactly what to do. Each of these six elements plays important roles in this lesson plan.
Situation is what the teacher is going to arrange for the students to explain. This is when the teacher would bring a scenario to the classroom and challenge the class to understand and explain to the teacher in their own words what they’ve learned or understand from the situation presented to them.
Grouping is when the teacher would put students together based on several different factors, level of understanding, experiences, psychological, learning abilities, economical background and racial ethnicity. Grouping people with so much in common not only would they be able to work well together because of their similarities they would most likely interpret the situation the same or similar to one another view.
Bridge is when the student places their prior knowledge with new information.
Questions is the guiding questions the teacher will use to introduce the situation, to set up the bridge, in order to keep active learning going, this will prompt exhibits and encourage reflections.
Exhibit involves having students make an exhibit for others of what they were thinking as they were explained the situation. This exhibit could be verbal, visual or written, as long as they student shows the class their full understanding of the situation accurately.
Reflection is what the student thought about the lesson in their own words and personal views of the situation.