When children are engaged in the kinds of activities suggested by this list, they will necessarily be involved with the ideas under consideration. It is virtually impossible for them to be passive observers. These verbs can also be associated with the five goals for students set by the Curriculum Standards. Pick one and reflect on the goals. Which goal or goals would you associate with the verb you selected? For example, discovering is an activity that can directly affect a child’s personal confidence in his or her ability to do mathematics: “If l discovered this on my own (or in my group), I must be pretty good.”