They give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking, or the intentional noting of connections; learning naturally results.
John Dewey
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- Democracy and Education. Chapter Twelve: Thinking in Education. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/852/852-h/852-h.htm
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