Constructivism supports learner-centered pedagogy more than the behaviorist and cognitive theories. The behaviorist and cognitive theories suggest that students need to connect with their learning in a personal way but constructivism stresses comprehensive learner-connectedness.
In case you want to apply an ex post facto design, you should first try a correlation and then begin an ex post facto for discovering possible causality between the variables.Here, you have to specify if the knowledge of grammar helps , for example, learners' speaking skill in a meaningful way. Consequently, measure the relationship between the two sets of scores on grammar and speaking and then set up a pretest/post test control group design to see if grammar teaching affects speaking ability. wish you lots of luck with your research.
Chomsky's Competence Vs. Performance model provides a great interface between grammatical competence and actual language use. It paves way for considering the Universal Grammar Principles and Parameters, and how they relate to the language-specific cognitive device, known as the LAD.