Whilst Productive Failure (Kapur, Cognition and Instruction, 26:379–424, 2008, Instructional Science, 38:523–550, 2010; Kapur & Bielaczyc, Journal of the Learning Sciences 21:45–83, 2012) has been shown to be efficacious in deepening students’ learning of mathematics in Singapore classrooms, an action research has been undertaken to adapt such constructivist learning design for it to be useful to teachers in the context of the Advanced-Level mathematics instructional goals. Findings revealed the adapted learning design to be more effective in learning the targeted concept of finding volume of solid of revolution than the Lecture and Practice mode of instruction. Insights were also gleaned to inform further adjustments to the learning design.

在生产性失败的同时（Kapur，Cognition and Instruction，26：379-424，2008，Instructional Science，38：523-550，2010； Kapur＆Bielaczyc，Journal of the Learning Sciences 21：45-83，2012）为了有效地加深学生在新加坡课堂上的数学学习，已进行了一项行动研究，以适应这种建构主义的学习设计，以使其在高级数学教学目标的背景下对教师有用。调查结果显示，经过调整的学习设计比“讲课和实践”教学模式更有效地学习有针对性的发现旋转体的目标概念。还收集了见解，以告知对学习设计的进一步调整。