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Peer reviewedEdgington, William D. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1999
Defines Structured Freedom as a model of instruction that gives students responsibility for their own learning and engages them in convergent and divergent thinking. Illustrates the use of Structured Freedom in social studies instruction by applying its four stages to a Pueblo Indians unit that focuses on historical comparison. (CMK)
Descriptors: Convergent Thinking, Cooperative Learning, Divergent Thinking, Grade 5
