Running head: PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE CLASSROOM

Jean Piaget is often called the father of constructivism, and a phrase of his—“To understand is to discover” (1973, p. 20)—is often used as the constructivist motto. Various versions of constructivism (e.g., social, radical) now dominate reform efforts in education, and they claim to descend (in varying degrees) from Piaget. ................
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