We need to know first what segment we are talking about. Are we talking about pre-school students, or 1-6 grade students, 7-9 grade students, secondary students? Different age group have different behavior and you will need to specify the age group first. Also, there are different learning styles for each group as younger student tend to like the more colourful interactive methods of learning. Many secondary students dont mind an abstract way of learning and a bit of fun is always recommended but not too much of fun

Again, to develop the learners autonomy would depend on the age group. Try to research in ProQuest journals for articles about education. You may need to pay a small amount of subscription per year, but it is one of the best and strongest databases for electronic journal and it has a massive amount of information that is up to date instead of depending on books that are outdated

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