While it sounds a bit like study hall, self-directed learning time is fundamentally different. What the student is working on is driven by the overall learning objectives from the projects, but the day-to-day learning is driven by goals set by the student in consultation with his or her mentor. So perhaps a student’s goal by the end of the week is to master a particular math concept. The self-directed learning time teacher knows that, the mentor knows that, the math teacher knows that, the student knows that—because all of this information is available in a snapshot through the platform we
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