Effect of Constructivist Learning on Student Achievement in Pre-service Teacher Education

The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of the social constructivist environment on student achievement in teacher education. An experimental design where the experimental group (n = 66) was subjected to social constructivist environments, and the control group (n = 59) was subjected to traditional learning instruction was used. All the participants were administered an achievement test as a pre-test, and post-test. The same test was also administered as a retention test after a three-month summer holiday. The findings showed that there were no significant mean differences in student achievement in pre-test and post-test scores, however, there was a significant difference in the students' retention test scores in favour of the experimental group.