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Why and How to Let Students Decide
Author: Alfie Kohn
This popular article by the author Alfie Kohn gives stories and cites plentiful research showing the benefit of giving students greater decision-making power in their learning. He describes studies finding that greater choice and support for self-determination leads to more creativity, higher attendance, and greater achievement on standardize tests.
Links:
- Why and How to Let Students Decide (website article) - http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/cfc.htm
Reference:
Kohn, A. (1993). Choices for children: Why and how to let students decide. From Phi Delta Kappan.
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self-directed learning,
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student choice,
self-determination
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