What are the benefits of unit studies over other homeschooling methods?
They encourage creativity, higher level thinking skills, research skills, and cooperative learning. Unit studies encourage a student to delve deeply into a topic, whereas many other curricular methods merely provide an overview of a topic. Students are often “handed” the material which has already been digested by someone else. This inhibits a student’s natural sense of wonder. • Are there any disadvantages to using unit studies? At the high school level, an exclusive unit study approach might not provide a student with the necessary credits required by most states for graduation. At this point a combination of textbook studies and unit studies would prove useful. • What type of families/students enjoy this method of homeschooling? Families who enjoy projects and learning together tend to enjoy using a unit study approach. These families are usually confident that they are providing their children with a quality education. • What type of families/students tend to dislike this way of ho
