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If a student discovers math for themselves, it becomes their math, instead of just something that was told to them.
Richard Rusczyk
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Interview with Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, September13,2022; Full original edited interview read. Explains giving problems before instruction to encourage discovery; immediately acknowledges students will not always solve them and that is acceptable.20words.
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