text: Creating an environment that goes based on an individual student's mindset allows for them to be more tenacious. By giving students the opportunity to design their own work, they feel more obligated to put as much effort that they are most comfortable with as possible. It's a method of "teaching" self-reliance, which gives the students a starting point to see how much they can really apply themselves and utilize their creativity to its maximized potential; although, teacher-designed projects tend to be most specific and direct, which directly gives students something to start with; however, this can limit usage of students' creative prowess, applicable knowledge and abilities that maximize creative output and work-management tendencies in the long run.