While I agree with you in principle there comes a time when the leader/mentor/facilitator/teacher/tutor has to bite bullet. If what is being thought is not aligned by how they are thinking, then the target’s not being hit no matter how good the aim appears to be. It is too easy to mistake the ‘how’ for the ‘what’. Science is a discipline, not a set of rules. There are many ways of assessing if the target’s been hit, and if ‘what’ is thought is involved a priori then the learner should be able to also explain the ‘how’ in support of it.

Ka kite

“Great Spirit, please give me the strength to know when to keep my pie hole shut!” (Ancient prayer of the enlightened ones).