[rbg81]

Making something meaningful.

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Yeah, basically this involves coming up with some elaborate cultural-centric story that the students can somehow find meaning in.

I can see doing that once or twice to illustrate a concept. That turning everything into that becomes exhausting. Even worse, the student will fail to comprehend the abstract ocncept, which is the most important thing.

[scrabblehack]

My experience is that students find “word problems” more difficult than “plug and chug,” for instance.