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Rising to the challenge
Written by Michael Staton, Clemson University College of Education
This article originally appeared on Clemson University's Newsstand.
Jeff Marshall clearly remembers a student in his AP...
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People often assume that play is the opposite of work, that it takes away from learning, and that it creates an environment...
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