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We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough time to get kids deeply involved in something so they can think about it in lots of different ways and apply it.
Howard Gardner
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Howard Gardner
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 11
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Howard Earl Gardner
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