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CROSS-BOOK PROBLEM-SOLVING FILE

The problem underneath the problem

A complaint is often the visible edge of something else. Across the series, Dewey repeatedly improves a case by asking what earlier event, condition, motive, or unmet need could explain the behavior everyone is reacting to.

CASE DEBRIEF

What changes when Dewey stops asking how to stop a behavior and asks what is producing it?

Use the case maps to compare how this idea changes when the problem belongs to a parent, a teacher, a school system, or a sibling.

CLARA'S INDEX TERMS

Ways into the same drawer.

hidden causeunderlying causeroot causeproblem underneath the problemwhy people behave that wayneeds beneath conflict