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This article shows sharing ideas with other students is useful for learning. In one
experiment。(①two groups of a few students tried to solve the same math problems jm
different ways. Those math problems were very difficult. The students in both groups had
about equal math skills. Im the first group, students were told to hSten to the teacher
carefully, and ask him questions about the ways to solve the problems. In the second group、
he only told them to exchange their opinions.
After a while, the students in the first group found the right answers. They asked him
many questions easily and didnt have to talk among their group members. The students im
他e second group talked a lot. But they Were not able to find the right answers by
themselves, and finally he gave them some advice.
。 Later the two groups were given a test on the same kind of math problem. Can you guess
fhe resultss | ② | Byworking hard together without asking for the teacher's help,
the students remembered better how to solve the problem. 1 think puttng our heads
together to solve problems is more important than juSt getting the answers in a short Hme-
