- It makes the lessons more interesting, and therefore helps child to pay attention (easy for their minds to wander if you are doing all the talking)—Students do not get bored if they are actively participating in the learning process.
- Children will often remember the concepts longer if they have been involved in the learning process.
- When children are involved in the discovery of knowledge themselves, sometimes they can internalize truth better—discovering a Bible truth sometimes causes that truth to be embraced in the heart, rather than just understood in the head.
Active Learning Goes Beyond Activity
One of the God-given means for influencing the heart and the will is to encourage students to be active participants in the learning process.
Most people would agree that it is good for children to be involved in the learning process and most of us could even give reasons why this is so: