The three distinguishing features of constructivist theory are claims that:

Constructionist learning is inspired by the constructivist theory that individual learners construct mental models to understand the world around them.

The group's works are based on the social constructivist theory that sees learning as a participation in social processes of knowledge construction.

From Soviet constructivist theory, the social condenser is a spatial idea practiced in architecture.

Various approaches in instructional strategies derive from constructivist theory.

It is argued that constructivist theories are misleading or contradict known findings.

Although constructivist theory does not require eliminating instruction entirely, some textbooks seemed to recommend this extreme.

According to constructivist theory, learners are active participants in tasks in which they "construct" new knowledge derived from their prior experience.

The Time To Know curriculum is based on social constructivist theory.

Contextual Learning is based on a constructivist theory of teaching and learning.