4.2 Learners “reconstruct” what they have learnt – they apply it and put it to the test

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To a large extent, we all create such applications ourselves, but in school, the teacher provides them by, among others:

giving opportunities for sharing, presentation and discussion;
formal testing and assessment;
offering or demanding portfolio work;
designing challenging tasks, for example in projects.

4.1 Learners “construct” meaning – they discover and create something new

4.3 Learners “deconstruct”, or criticise, their own results or each other’s