A classroom can be designed to lead students through these stages. Class begins with awareness activities. Data collecting methods are frequently overlooked but important. It is valuable to introduce a variety of ideas and create critical comparison before selecting innovations. Planning strategies that help new approaches succeed is another critical but overlook stage.
Action research is a good way to review successes.
The role of the educator is to identify appropriate problems and facilitate learners as they go through the steps of problem-solving. The Deweyan model would recommend that classrooms begin not with descriptions of scholarship but with articulation of students' issues. This rhythm may be particularly useful as an adjunct to a team that has been assigned a project. Guiding the project through an educative rhythm allows educators to utilize frequent opportunities to increase knowledge and re-examine attitudes that are the heart of learning. An important rhythm in projects that involve active group participation is the stages of group development.