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panfilo · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Identify two important differences between cognitive and social constructivism, and provide an example of how these differences might appear in a classroom.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Of the following, which is the best description of a misconception?

a. An idea that makes sense to an individual but is inconsistent with evidence or commonly accepted explanations
b. An idea that is important in one culture but is not important in another culture
c. An idea that people understand in the abstract but can't apply in the real world
d. An idea that is held by students but is not held people outside the classroom

Tabitha_2016 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Unlike the Piagetian downplaying of the role of the social environment (the social environment serves primarily as a mechanism for testing individuals' schemes against others' schemes), in cognitive constructivism, social constructivists highlight that role. The latter suggest that teachers consider all the traditional questions of teaching

Answer to Question 2

a