The kind of assessment implied by constructivism flows from the belief that students

a. hold on to the existing knowledge and absorb it after engaging in planned repetition.
b. develop new knowledge and make it their own, through multiple opportunities of guided practice.
c. develop new knowledge first through transmission and recall followed by “meaning making.”
d. develop new knowledge and make it their own, through an active process of “meaning making.”


ANSWER:
d

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