When Students Think For Themselves

I think that this is further evidence to support constructionist appraches to learning.

About one out of five students (23 percent) in the “cookbook” group answered the question correctly. But 83 percent of the students who developed their own approach gave the right answer, which was that enzymes come from living tissue.

ScienceDaily: Scientific Literacy Happens -- When Students Think For Themselves: Filed in: learning, constructionism, research