STSE Commodity Cards
Based on constructivist learning theory, learners construct unique attitudes, skills & knowledge (ASK) by combining information in stimuli (e.g., speech, textures, sounds) with ASK they possess in their minds & bodies because of previous experiences. For the Students Reflect phase of the STEPWISE pedagogy, showing students pictures (or just words) of common for-profit products &/or services like those at right, for example, can get them to become conscious of their often-subconscious pre-instructional ASK and, if necessary, make them available for re-construction. To ensure students do not try to tell teachers what they think teachers want to hear, etc., questions about the products/services should be divergent – e.g., What do you like & dislike about the item and why? – allowing for many possibilities, even if they differ from ASK of professionals. Elaboration of uses of such pictures, with more examples, is given here.