What are the Elements of Active, Meaningful Learning?

Researchers Jonassen, Howland, Moore, and Marra (2003) contend that meaningful learning occurs when learners are:

•       Active;

•       Constructive;

•       Intentional;

•       Cooperative; and

•       Working on authentic tasks.

When engaged in learning in natural contexts, students interact with their environment, manipulate objects in that environment, observe the effects of their interventions, construct their own interpretations of the phenomena, and the share those interpretations with others