I don't see how other people have no trouble while I struggle. I always wonder if I missed something all these years I have been in school or I have learned the wrong way because everything has to be systematic plug and chug for me to understand. Your description of struggling with math is touching. Yesterday, one of my themes suggested we would use these projects to raise the esteem of students. Since we must try to do away with plug and chug, I've had to analyze carefully what could help us do that.
Projects seem crucial for it.
WE DID IT Classroom time pressure cuts into the amount of feedback in two ways. Not enough time for more than a few students to interact. There's not enough time for students to think. In a practical way, classrooms are synchronous channels. The Internet provides an asynchronous communication that uses individual freedom to replace time constraints.