Reflections

I was experimenting with GeoGebra for a mathematics teaching methods assessment when I recalled Nico’s post on the subject.  It really is quite useful software (and free, which is its major advantage over the more popular commercial software Geometer’s Sketch Pad).
The potential benefits have already been discussed by Nico in his post.  What I wished to add [...]

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Ackermann’s helpful article describes the distinction between the two labels above, though both are predicated on the belief that a child’s knowledge is “actively constructed” in their interactions with their surroundings.
It is suggested that Piaget’s Constructivism seems to ignore the individual differences between children, their learning styles and their varying contexts, which are dealt with in Papert’s Constructionism.  Ackermann concludes [...]

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