What Students Want vs. What Students Need By David Ginsburg

What Students Want vs. What Students Need

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As educators, we must always do our best to assess and accommodate students' needs. Sometimes, of course, what students need clashes with what students want. Examples from previous posts include:

We saw another illustration of this in my last post where science teacher Alli Romano shared her students' response when she insisted they research information instead of her presenting it to them. "They understand that copying down takes less brain power, and that's why they want to do it. It's easier," Alli said. "But I don't think they're learning as much."

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