text: One big advantage that a student-designed project would have over a teacher-designed project is that, when working on a student-designed project, students will be much more motivated to work. When somebody designs or creates something, they tend to appreciate it more than if it were created by somebody else. As a result, if the students were to design their projects, they would appreciate it more and work harder on the projects. On the other hand, if a teacher were to assign a project that they designed, the students would just see it as another assignment that the teacher has given them and most likely not work very hard on it. As a result of this extra motivation, the students would be much more productive when working on the project.