Important key factors that the theories are based on are background knowledge, experience, motivation, activity, cooperation, dialogue, metacognition, reasoning and environment.
Mikilvægir lykilþættir sem kenningarnar byggja á eru bakgrunnsþekking, reynsla, áhugahvöt, virkni, samvinna, orðræða, námsvitund, rökhugsun og umhverfi.