Teri: Excellent! Very clear, succinct description of what we’ve been discussing… Now we know the features of this policy. Does anyone know what it’s called?
At this point, Teri provided the term mercantilism, since the students had identified the essential characteristic of the concept.
The process of coming to closure at the end of a lesson is important. This is the last of the information that the students take away from the class, and if the ideas aren’t clear, they may develop misconceptions that can be difficult to eliminate.