Contextual learning model grounded in Piaget, constructivism, and Bruner

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The article presents contextual learning as an approach that "recognizes and shows the natural conditions of knowledge", linking classroom material to real contexts so experience becomes relevant and meaningful. It rests on three learning theories the article names: Piaget's assimilation and accommodation processes, constructivism (students actively construct their own knowledge rather than receiving transferred ideas), and Bruner's theory of reorganizing structures of ideas. In the study it is implemented as the experimental teaching model contrasted with expository instruction.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Teachers must consider students' cognitive development, since the article states the child's mindset differs from the adult's

Constraints

• The article's empirical support is a single quasi-experiment in one Indonesian junior high school

Target Learners

• grade VIII junior high school mathematics students

Learning Goals

• mathematical problem-solving ability
• self-confidence

Claims

• Contextual Learning Higher Problem Solving Gain [+M]
• Contextual Learning Higher Self Confidence Gain [+M]

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Key Sources

• Surya, E., Putri, F.A., & Mukhtar. (2017). Improving Mathematical Problem-Solving Ability and Self-Confidence of High School Students through Contextual Learning Model. Journal on Mathematics Education, 8(1), 85-94. https://jme.ejournal.ums.ac.id/index.php/jme

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Field	Value
type	design
id	contextual-learning-model-theory
title	Contextual learning model grounded in Piaget, constructivism, and Bruner
description	The article presents contextual learning as an approach that "recognizes and shows the natural conditions of knowledge", linking classroom material to real contexts so experience becomes relevant and meaningful.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-01
trust	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources	1 — surya-2017

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