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Reconstructing the Paradigm of Learning Disabilities: A Holistic/Constructivist Interpretation.
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Grobecker, Betsey – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996
Learning differences or disabilities can be best understood and addressed within the holistic/constructivist theory of knowledge construction and the reciprocal evolution of cognitive structures. Learning differences manifest themselves in the spirals of mental structuring activity that guide relational thinking. Such a perspective focuses on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education