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1. Methods of Assessments

1.1. Reflective journals

1.2. Group based projects

1.3. Presentations

1.4. Debates

1.5. Case studies

2. Role of Students

2.1. Engage and interact with the world around them

2.2. Take responsibility for their own learning

2.3. Use variety of resources to find solutions/answers

3. Role of Teachers

3.1. Adapt to learner's need

3.2. Give freedom to construct knowledge for themselves

3.3. Must consider individual disposition, cultural background and other influencers

4. Instructional Approaches

4.1. Instructor should encourage self-research, self-study

4.2. Students should engage in active dialogue; Socratic learning

4.3. Instructor translates information according to student's understanding

5. Theorists

5.1. 1. Jean Piaget

5.2. 2. Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky

5.3. 3. Jerome Bruner

6. Beliefs of learning

6.1. Learning occurs as learners are actively involved

6.2. Assessments not a tool of accountability

6.3. Active creators of our own knowledge

6.4. Experiences and contexts that make the student willing and able to learn

6.5. Spiral organization - easily grasped by student