Pros+and+Cons

= Pros and Cons  =


 * **Pros ** || **Cons ** ||
 * * Applicable to all ages, subjects, and learning preferences
 * Teaching and learning becomes an exciting experience for teachers and students (Torrance, 1993, p. 233)
 * Shown to promote higher levels of thinking (Weiner, 1995)
 * Leads to more questioning, research, reading, and experimenting in students (Torrance, 2003, p. 7)
 * Flexible for teachers; teachers given more freedom with only three steps
 * Less teacher training when compared to other models || * Lack of research demonstrating how the IMT facilitates learning (Torrance, 2003, p. 7)
 * Teaching towards increasing creativity can be difficult for teachers; further training may prove necessary ||