The group experience exposed them to the processes of working
together, developing a consensus and taking joint responsibility for
completing a project.... They did not sit in rows of seats facing a
lecturing teacher. Rather they worked at clusters of desks grouped
around a large open space, a less-regimented arrangement better suited
to small groups. they did not memorize facts mainly for the purpose
of taking tests. They did not, in short, behave like human
microchips being programmed for a robotic adulthood.
-- Garry Abrams. "Teaching Kids to Think for Themselves"
Los Angeles Times 2/15/93, p. E1.