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Paul Grobstein's picture

Open-ended education: setting a context

Lots of useful thoughts here from your own experiences. I was particularly struck by your addition of the point that students need a sense of why something is important, how it relates to other things. Some students (though not all) will "wait it out" to make connections later, but there should indeed be a better way, whether one is using a more traditional or a more open-ended teaching styles.

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