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Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instruction

  • Written by Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW
Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instructionThere's no need for the tug of war. Explicit instruction and inquiry based learning go hand-in-hand.from shutterstock.com

Last year there was substantial hand-wringing over Australia’s declining results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests. Ideas for how to reverse this decline were coming from far and wide,...

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