In a classroom where learning sticks, students aren’t just receiving information—they’re building knowledge.
That’s the heart of Constructivist Teaching: learning by doing, thinking, questioning, solving.

According to John Hattie’s Visible Learning research, Constructivist Teaching has a weighted mean effect size of 0.90, making it one of the most effective instructional approaches.
This insight is backed by:
• 8 meta-analyses
• 531 studies
• 16,980 students
• 659 measured effects

So what is Constructivist Teaching?
It’s an instructional strategy that places the learner at the center of the process. It encourages students to:
• Explore ideas and possibilities
• Build their own understanding
• Construct explanations and solutions
• Take meaningful action

Why it works:
• It empowers learners to think independently
• It deepens understanding through inquiry and application
• It activates prior knowledge and links it to new learning
• It supports engagement, retention, and transfer

Let’s return to the basics—not the easy ones, but the powerful ones.
Constructivist teaching is not about the teacher stepping back.
It’s about creating the conditions where students step forward.

How do you integrate constructivist approaches in your classroom?

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