Young children are unlikely to have their self-esteem strengthened from excessive praise or flattery. On the contrary, it may raise some doubts in children; many children can see through flattery and may even dismiss an adult who heaps on praise as a poor source of support-one who is not very believable.

Children involved in project work are encouraged to serve the group needs and share responsibility for what's accomplished.

All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences.

Science is a particular way of thinking about things.

In cooperative learning, you have a purposeful, meaningful, and authentic context in which children can sharpen their communicative skills.

Curriculum should help children make deeper and fuller understanding of their own experience

When a teacher tries to teach something to the entire class at the same time, chances are, one-third of the kids already know it; one-third will get it; and the remaining third won’t. So two-thirds of the children are wasting their time.