But who says the choices have to be unstructured? Who says you must believe in learning styles to believe choice is important? There are many ways to offer meaningful choices which will allow students to engage more deeply in their learning without falling into those traps. Just because there is a possibility of doing something badly doesn’t mean we should avoid it altogether. If we believe it is important and beneficial we get educated and learn to do it well. It’s like your example of draw AND write, structure AND choice are not interchangeable or mutually exclusive - you can do both, and each will strengthen the other.