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	<div class="river_content_display"><p>This module helped me better understand how active learning shifts focus from instructor-centered teaching to student engagement and participation. I learned that students develop stronger critical thinking, problem-solving, and clinical judgment skills when they are actively involved in the learning process rather than simply listening to a lecture.</p></div>					<!-- </p> -->
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