"There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them."
-Robert Sternberg
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"In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.“
-Robert Sternberg
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