The thinking of Garfield Gini-Newman has been a source of challenge for me lately.

One of Garfield’s arguments is that problems should be used as an invitation to bring students into the learning process.  Here’s a slide that makes Garfield’s point:

(click here to view and download image on Flickr) 

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