text: Having a student-designed project will make the student go at his or her pace. When a teacher makes a project for a class, theres most likely a rubric that the students must follow and a deadline of when the project must be turned in. Most students will feel rushed and will not put their maximum effort into doing the project on their own, and will probably try to cheat or copy of the internet. But having students design their own projects, they set their own rubric and follow their own deadline of when to get it done. When going at their own pace students will show their maximum effort into their project.