I usually show data that tries to motivate them that this is the right way to go, that they're moving their model again from how they have been successful in the past to a different paradigm, and I think that's important for them to realize. But, I think what we need to tell our students up front is that they need to move from [being] individualistic learners to partner learners; to move from a textbook, faculty-centered learning style to "my peers and everybody else can be equal contributors in this"; to move from a no-risk environment in the classroom, where it's very individual, to a really public, high-risk type of thing. And those are some of the things I've never said in the past, but I'm getting ready to, because I think it's really important.

                             

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