Different students respond differently to such methods. Personally, I dislike, and don't learn well with, the kind of teaching where I'm given a small piece of

Different students respond differently to such methods. Personally, I dislike, and don't learn well with, the kind of teaching where I'm given a small piece of information, expected to do a task, and repeat over and over again until something clicks. Yes, in theory it's supposed to be engaging, and encouraging further learning with all the dopamine hits, but in reality, you don't know what constitute a "reward" for an arbitrary human being. Sometimes, these well-crafted steps are just noisy to me. What works well for me is to get the big picture first. Give me the map first, and then let's talk about how to get from A to B. For example the author talks about how his daughter's focus instantly improved when the approach was changed to be more hands on. I had the opposite experience learning the violin. Most of my teachers were very keen on students immediately start trying it out, after one demonstration, or even no demonstration, and I often felt it difficult to grasp what the hell I was doing. The most effective teacher I had was one who's more willing to talk about things before hand, and answer my questions with seriousness, and at length. To me this is the more engaging and effective approach.