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In this essay, the writer looks at the article "New Approaches to Instruction: Because Wisdom Can't Be Told" by Charles I. Gragg. The writer discusses that in this article Gragg deconstructed the stand-up lecture approach to learning and compared his results to case-based approach learning. The writer maintains that the comparison of the two types of teaching held the case-based method as superior in every way to the lecture.

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"If you believe that learning is a social activity then you also believe that learners have a better chance of information retention if their learning experience is memorable. Charles I. Gragg in 1940 wrote and article for the Harvard Alumni Bulletin titled "New Approaches to Instruction: Because Wisdom Can't Be Told". In this article Gragg deconstructed the stand-up lecture approach to learning and compared his results to case-based approach learning. His comparison of the two types of teaching held the case-based method as superior in every way to the lecture. What Gragg focused on in his explanation of his deconstruction was learning activities centered on realistic experiences or situations. What this means is that Gragg believed that interaction and collaboration engaged students in learning in a far superior way than be talked at in a lecture."

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