Constructivist group projects structured across three weeks with mixed-ability groups

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Description

In the constructivist-based section, each of three group projects spanned three weeks: week one for contacting group members and submitting a plan, week two for solving and submitting the problem, and week three for presenting findings electronically and discussing other groups' work. Groups of "three to four participants with a mix of high and low achieving students as determined by the pretest" were used, which the article says is supported by constructivist theory because students construct knowledge in relation to life experiences.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A study-group area in the online classroom where groups can discuss assigned problems
• Problems complex enough that groups can transcend what individuals could accomplish

Constraints

• Student withdrawal in the first weeks of class made establishing and maintaining groups difficult

Target Learners

• adult distance learners in developmental mathematics

Learning Goals

• mathematics content knowledge and collaborative problem solving

Claims

Related Designs

• PBL course structure with weekly problem situations, small-group problem-solving plans, and end-of-week solution presentations
• Model Robot Programming subject: constructivist project-based lessons with LEGO NXT robots in small groups

Examples

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Key Sources

• DePriter, T. (2012). An Investigation of Teaching Strategy in the Distance Learning Mathematics Classroom. Journal of Educators Online, 9(2). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ975633

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id	three-week-constructivist-group-project-cycle
title	Constructivist group projects structured across three weeks with mixed-ability groups
description	In the constructivist-based section, each of three group projects spanned three weeks: week one for contacting group members and submitting a plan, week two for solving and submitting the problem, and week three for p...
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-03
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sources	1 — depriter-2012

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