Part one of term paper
“Hear and Forget, See and Remember, Do and Understand.” ~ Chinese Proverb Simply stated by Dr. D. Robinson, “ is ‘doing’ and this leads to understanding.” Learning by doing is a theme that many educators have stressed since John Dewey’s convincing argument that “children must be engaged in an active quest for learning and new ...

Part two of term paper
... must be active...." (Hendrikson, 1984). Students are more attentive when actively involved in the learning process. By the lesson being centered on the student, they feel their role in the activity is important. is especially important in educating young children because it not only keeps student interested in the lesson, but also helps students to retain more information. “Research shows that when people are engaged in doing something rather than just listening and watching they actually ...