This is a very good point. Isn't the point of a constructivist learner to experience things and learn from their own prior knowledge. Also, at what point in the Constructivist theory are we going from learning from prior knowledge, to picking up something that never existed prior. Spignecd (talk) 18:38, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
The argument between the use or working memory and long term memory is also important to focus on in this reference, as it argues one of the main beliefs of constructivism itself that one derives new ideas from past knowledge. "Any instructional theory that ignores the limits of working memory when dealing with novel information or ignores the disappearance of those limits when dealing with familiar in- formation is unlikely to be effective."(Kirschner 2006). This contrasts the belief that one can build upon ideas that are recently attained, yet also rejects the idea that one can't combine the two. (added to constructivist learning theory) (http://www.cogtech.usc.edu/publications/kirschner_Sweller_Clark.pdf)