Dreher and her third-grade class are reading a fiction book titled Ella Enchanted. In this book, a young girl has a spell cast on her that compels her to be obedient to any command. As the class reads the book, Ms. Dreher encourages them to openly discuss the book's meaning while giving their own interpretations. She asks them open-ended questions and takes them to the media center to do research on topics related to both magic and the time period of the book's setting. She then has them get into small groups to write a skit modeling their interpretation of one of the situations in the book. Which theory is likely guiding Ms. Dreher's literature lesson?

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The theory of constructivism is most likely guiding Ms. Dreher's lesson. Constructivism is the theory that students should "construct" their own understanding of the world around them. Sometimes known as discovery learning, it contends that knowledge is more valuable and valid when it has been built by the individual that is learning through exploration and experience. This theory is the basis for the Montessori school model established by Maria Montessori in 1908.

Dreher and Her Third-Grade Class Are Reading a Fiction Book