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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup.

Inquiry is great for the motivated and the curious. It’s great for kids reading and doing math at grade level.

That’s only 1 group of kids.

My rising 9th grader needs dumbed down direct instruction in math. I think engineering is out lol!

But he’s pretty good at everything else! That’s great. Stop trying to get everyone to calculus. Let kids focus on their strengths. And stop ignoring history! [/quote]

Even the motivated and the curious are still kids or teenagers.  Sometimes they need adults to give them context, help them make connections, etc.  It is an EXTREMELY rare student who wouldn't benefit from at least half direct instruction - AP teacher[/quote]

I hated inquiry based learning. Just wanted my math and science teachers to show me how to solve things and explain why it worked. They thought because we were "gifted" we needed to figure things out for ourselves or we'd be bored, but I never had even my smartest classmates complain about just being taught.
-TJ alumna[/quote]

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