| To learn a new item of knowledge, the student is taken
through four stages: |
| 1. Acquiring a physical significance for the item under
study through a concrete or semi-concrete model. Working through
the model, the student is guided to obtain the idea. |
| 2. Acquiring an abstract significance for the item, through
the use of numbers without physical representation. |
| 3. Recalling facts and performing computational skills quickly
and correctly, through meaningful practice. |
| 4. Applying the freshly learned knowledge to situations that
call for its use. |
| When the student leaves the last stage, mastery is secured,
and the new item is integrated into the body of knowledge previously
built. |
