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Imagine this classroom scenario.  An instructor
frequently presents her students with difficult

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problems and asks them to try their best to
generate solutions, even if they fail.  After a

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designated period of time, there's a class
discussion where each student talks about their

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own answers and strategies.  The instructor leads
these discussions and does a good job giving

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feedback to the many ideas and clarifying how the
problems she has presented can be solved.

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However, this problem-solving approach is hard
work for everyone and they're getting impatient.

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Halfway through the course, they respectfully ask
the instructor to tell them how to solve the

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problems rather than to make them waste so much
time trying on their own.  After all, they rarely

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get the answers right anyway.  What might the
instructor do to convince the class that her

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problem-solving approach is good for them?  Or is
the approach not as beneficial as she thinks?