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I really like how this article addresses the meaningfulness of teaching. I have often sat in classes and wondered if what I was learning was going to help me in real life. And if I could not figure that out, then I dismissed the lesson. Having students become more accountable and responsible for their learning is becomming increasingly important for me. Especially in today's society, it is important that student's learn things, especially math, that will be relevant to their day to day existance. Society is becomming so that you need to learn certain things in order to become productive, active, and informed. I think school is the place where you have those things scaffolded for you until you learn how to process and analyze outside information. Constructivist seem to want to teach students how to think rather than what to think. Then on the other hand, I was taught using traditional methods and I don't think that my processing and analyzing skills are any less. But to be more responsible for the information I retain and recieve is definately a positive life long skill.
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Touching on one of your points - I think student ownership for learning can make the classroom experience increasingly meaninful.
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