constructivist perspective
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconstructivistandperspective
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constructivist
adjective
uk/kənˈstrʌk.tɪ.vɪst/us/kənˈstrʌk.tɪ.vɪst/
artspecialized
relating to constructivism in art (= the idea that art should have a ...
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perspective
noun
uk/pəˈspek.tɪv/us/pɚˈspek.tɪv/
a particular way of ...
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Informed by aconstructivistperspective, this study sought a better understanding of nursing home placements from the viewpoint of relatives.
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From aconstructivistperspective, children do not initially have a knowledge of inflection, nor are they expected to rapidly acquire verb-general inflectional schemas.
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However, when approaching these data from aconstructivistperspective, it is unclear how they should be interpreted.
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It follows from aconstructivistperspectivethat cooperative relationships, allowing free communication between parents and children, should facilitate the development of an understanding of mind.
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This is supported by aconstructivistperspectivewhich builds an educational picture derived from the meanings of experience voiced by the participants.
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This view contrasts with theconstructivistperspectiveof a perceiver who passively examines his conscious awareness of the stimulation impinging on his senses.
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A central assumption from aconstructivistperspectiveis that knowledge originates in activity.
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From aconstructivistperspective, grammatical constructions are learned directly from the language children hear.
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Aconstructivistperspectiveon teaching and learning science.
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Although we favour a constructivist interpretation of the data, in most of these analyses, we cannot differentiate empirically between generativist and constructivist perspectives.
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However, this criticism is rejected by supporters of the socialconstructivistperspectivebecause it misses the point that the very objects of mathematics are social constructs.
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Ethnographic research can range from a realist perspective in which behavior is observed to aconstructivistperspectivewhere understanding is socially constructed by the researcher and subjects.
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I reject any demand to choose between the organic and constructivist perspectives.
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The analysis of lexical influences on grammaticalization processes is in line with research that is typically conducted within the functionalist and constructivist perspectives.
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Social constructivist perspectives on teaching and learning.
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