Yes. Coaches and parents should not provide definitions.
- Coaches and parents can teach the team how to use a dictionary, thesaurus, or other reference to look up words they don’t know and can help the team truly understand the definition.
- Coaches can remind the team to check the glossary of terms in the problem and in the Program Guide.
- Finally, the team can ask for an official clarification on the international Odyssey of the Mind web site if they think a term or rule is incomplete or ambiguous.
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