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Fig. to treat someone with too much care or help; to teach someone with methods that are too easy and do not stimulate the learner to independent thinking. The teacher spoon-feeds the students by dictating notes on the novel instead of getting the children to read the books. You mustn't spoon-feed the new recruits by telling them what to do all the time. They must use their initiative.

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Why is Information Spoon-feeding Endemic in Elearning? Elearning Solutions What Is True Learning? by Joel Owens / Reference and Education community Examination pressure often obliges teachers towards simple spoon-feeding of large volumes of information. NI children 'spoon-fed' information; EXAMS by The Mirror (London, England) The baby-led weaning movement advocates, in a nutshell, giving infants solid finger food and allowing them to master eating for themselves, rather than spoon-feeding them purees. How to get baby to eat by Gulf Weekly			split sides split the difference split up split with splitting headache splurge on spoil spoil rotten spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar spoiled rotten spoiling for a fight spoke spoken spoken for sponge sponge away sponge down sponge from sponge off of sponge up spook spoon spoon out spoon up spoon-feed spoon-feeding sport sport of kings sport with sporting sporting chance spot spot as spotlight spout spout from spout off spout out sprain ankle sprawl sprawl about sprawl out spray spray onto spray with spread spread around spread like wildfire spread on thick spread oneself too thin spread onto			spoon breads spoon excavator spoon excavator spoon excavator spoon food spoon nail spoon nail spoon nail spoon nail Spoon net Spoon oar spoon out spoon out Spoon River College Spoon River Creative Writers Spoon River Plant Office Spoon River Poetry Review spoon splint spoon splint spoon splint spoon up spoon up Spoon-billed Spoon-billed Spoon-billed Sandpiper Spoon-billed Sandpiper spoon-fed spoon-fed spoon-feed spoon-feed spoon-feeding spoon-feeds spoon-feeds Spoon-fork Spoon-fork Spoon-meat spoon-shaped Spoon/Fork spoonable spoonable spoonable spoonable Spoonbean spoonbill spoonbill Spoonbill Action Voluntary Echo spoonbill catfish spoonbill catfish Spoonbill Sandpiper Spoonbilled widgeon Spoonbills Spoonbills Spoondog Spoondog Spoondog spoondrift spooned spooned spooned spooned Spooner

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