both direct and studentoriented instruction methods can be used box direct instruction is built around problems with clear correct answers that can be learned quickly studentcentred instruction is associated with the teacher facilitating students own inquiry by allowing them time to find solutions to problems on their own before the teacher demonstrates how a problem is solved while there is no consensus in the literature on which approach is better an overreliance on either approach is not recommended oecd b rowe as much as possible classroom activities related to the curriculum should develop student knowledge of realworld problems dumont istance and benavides faubert oecd a