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Shouldn’t our real goal be to increase intellectual engagement so that we are developing kids with a love or learning?  And if we are really targeting academic engagement, what about our socially engaged learners who are on the bubble and considering dropping out of school?

In short, we seem to have students who believe that projects are for assessment purposes only.

he gave the project the highest praise a teenager can give anything: he stayed up until 2:00 AM working on it.

if learning isn't accompanied by the psychological stress of an exam, then they're somehow "let off the hook" and can devalue the content.