self-direction
Example Sentences
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Rather than seeking formal training, Dahl opted for self-direction.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
Rather, she has been largely tasked to do assignments and read slide decks — learning that is text-heavy and requires self-direction.
From Washington Post • May 19, 2020
The coach of UCLA’s women’s gymnastics team built her extraordinarily successful career on encouraging self-direction and being 1% better each day at a form of expression that feeds your soul.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2018
They found that having a quiet ego was associated with self-transcendent values-- such as universalism and benevolence-- as well as self-direction and achievement.
From Scientific American • May 26, 2018
Town and church were thus the basis of settlement; but whatever measure of self-direction either might enjoy, neither was regarded as independent.
From Beginnings of the American People by Dodd, William E.
