Learning may be best when in the deep end of the pool...where necessity is upon you, if not panic.This is a picture of a counter run by a student at which other children must come to learn Math skills before they are allowed to pass through.
The student is asked to hold back and observe how the children try to solve the puzzle, and only help if absolutely required.
Most teachers find this hard to do initially, but learn to depend on this method when they experience the far reaching results of inquiry as a methodology. Not only do learners quickly become self reliant, they stumble upon their own preferred mode of learning and almost always ask to learn much more than the planned content. As a result learning is quicker, more comprehensive and longer lasting.
