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Constructivism: Constructivism, the cognitive theory, was invented by Jean Piaget. His idea was that knowledge is constructed by the user. There was a prevalent idea at the time (and perhaps today as well) that knowledge is transmitted, that the student was copying the ideas read or heard in lecture directly into his or her mind. Piaget theorized that that's not true. Instead, learning is the compilation of complex knowledge structures. The student must consciously think about trying to derive meaning, and through that effort, meaning is constructed through the knowledge structures.
A broad description summarized from: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/edutech/LBD/constructivism.html