Beverly Gribetz got a surprise lesson in pedagogy from her musical son and his friends. Here she shares the experience. My husband Ed tells people that I built our house like I build schools. When we were building our house, I discovered that there was an extra space...

Make sure they have good spaces that include all the physical tools, equipment, books and technologies that they need (or make acquiring these part of the project). Offer a variety of different tasks so that each student can find where s/he belongs, and enable...