Roblyer Post!

I think that there is a huge difference between acquiring knowledge and employment of knowledge. Tennyson describes acquiring knowledge as verbal info and procedural knowledge. Students are not as actively involved in acquiring knowledge. It is mental and internal for the most part and pretty darn passive. The employment of knowledge is different because it is active and students are using what they have acquired beforehand. They are actually learning by doing. Employment of knowledge is a constructivist theory and acquiring of knowledge is directional instruction. Contructivist learning (from what we have learned from both articles) is directly related to technology in the classroom and cooperative learning theory. Employment of knowledge and hands on and it is the best way for students to learn. As stated in the article, 30% of the time we use acquiring knowledge and 70% of the time we use employing knowledge. Employing knowledge is spent on contextual skills, cognitive strategies, and creative processes. It makes a lot of sense to me!!!