The book shows how VTS can be easily and effectively integrated into elementary classroom lessons in just ten hours of a school year to create learner-centered environments where students at all levels are involved in rich, absorbing discussions.

As I interacted with Abigail, however, I not only came to understand her theory but also to see how theory—carefully constructed ways of explaining phenomena and behaviors—can in general provide a rationale for decision-making more interesting and valid than those based on experience and instinct alone.