FYI, I offered a comment above that might clarify. There are two questions:
1) How can we get a specific group of students who feel helpless started on the path to learning?
2) What should we teach students?
In the post linked here, I tried to be clear that these are instructions for a very specific group of students who are stuck and don't know what to do. I agree that they are not the right instructions to offer to the typical reader of this site.
The comment and the second post that it references address what we should teach.
1) How can we get a specific group of students who feel helpless started on the path to learning?
2) What should we teach students?
In the post linked here, I tried to be clear that these are instructions for a very specific group of students who are stuck and don't know what to do. I agree that they are not the right instructions to offer to the typical reader of this site.
The comment and the second post that it references address what we should teach.