Theories of Childhood, Second Edition (Carol Garhart Mooney) / quote 57 of 70
Ask questions rather than tell
Piaget’s theory tells us that it will be more effective to ask questions that help children think through the problem on their own than to tell them flat out, “An iron would hurt the baby.” If they construct that knowledge for themselves by puzzling through the teacher’s questions, they are more apt to take it in than if the teacher gives it to them.