Active Learning
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“Hear and Forget, See and Remember, Do and Understand.”
~ Chinese Proverb
Simply stated by Dr. D. Robinson, “ is ‘doing’ and this leads to understanding.” Learning by doing is a theme that many educators have stressed since John Dewey’s convincing argument that “children must be engaged in an acti ....
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.... but also helps students to retain more information. “Research shows that when people are engaged in doing something rather than just listening and watching they actually learn better.” (Peterson, 1996) Being that students are learning fundamental lessons in their early childhood, it is important that they retain the information that they learn. also has the benefit of promoting attributes that employers will value in the future. These attributes include better interaction skills and leade ....
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