Constructivism as a theory of learning versus constructivism as a prescription for instruction.

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Does Discovery-Based Instruction Enhance Learning?. (2011, background): “As Mayer points out, it has been the accepted practice to consider hands-on activities as equivalent to constructivism but active instructional methods do not always lead to active learning, nor do passive methods always lead to passive learning (Mayer, 2009).”
Putting Students on the Path to Learning: The Case for Fully Guided Instruction. (2012, background): “Turning again to Mayer’s review of the literature, many educators confuse “constructivism,” which is a theory of how one learns and sees the world, with a prescription for how to teach.(22) In the field of cognitive science, constructivism is a widely accepted theory of learning; it claims that lear”
Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction (2011, background): “Table 8.1 Features and Cues for Throwing (adopted from Knudson & Morrison, 1996)”
Effects of biology teachers’ professional knowledge and cognitive activation on students’ achievement (2016, background): “Cognitive activation as a feature of instructional quality From the view of constructivism, learners construct new organised knowledge actively (Loyens & Gijbels, 2008; Mayer, 2004, 2009).”
Practicing versus inventing with contrasting cases: The effects of telling first on learning and transfer. (2011, background): “The persistence of these debates has been attributed to the lack of experimental evidence (Mayer, 2009).”