The need to make sense of things is characteristic of every human being from infancy to adulthood.  It has been called the “explanatory drive” (Gopnik, Meltzoff, and Kuhl, 1999). 

Learning that is reducible to true-and-false is different from learning that engages actor-centered adaptive decision making.  It is the search for meaning that organizes actor-centered questions and encourages the use of higher order functions. 

The search for meaning is enhanced by – and enhances – relaxed alertness.  It drives actor-centered adaptive decision making.

Capacity #3:  All students can learn more effectively when their interests and ideas are engaged and honored.

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