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Failure is an inevitable part of life, but it's often accompanied by shame -- most people do everything in their power to avoid it. But to paraphrase educational philosopher John Dewey, a true thinker learns as much from failures as from successes. What if educators worked to take some of the sting (and the stigma) out of failing, and encouraged reflection and revision to build upon the lessons learned? 
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Why does a teacher's understanding of how students arrive at wrong answers matter so much to learning? The answer may surprise you.
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9 Ways To Help Students Learn Through Their Mistakes
Most people have heard the sayings “You learn from your mistakes” or “Adversity is the school of wisdom“. Meanwhile, it is a general consensus that making mistakes is an important part of the learning process. This is because if, instead of giving up in frustration after making a mistake, we work constructively to understand the mistake, the strategy to solve the problem stays with us better than if we just memorize the solution.
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Do a little research and you'll discover that a big fat "if" has been placed out in front of the old adage "practice makes perfect." Practice makes perfe
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November 21, 2014 11:02 PM
These research results fly in the face of other "wise" advice for presenters: "Do not over rehearse... you won't be spontaneous any more". The way I see it, what is gained by over rehearsing is the ability to spend more time focussing on the audience and less on the content. A win win for all. |
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We know students are afraid of making mistakes, often dreadfully so. And so we talk a good line about the learning potential inherent in mistakes.
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Teaching students to fail gives essential character while it changes a classroom to a more participatory, less fear-driven culture. Optimism can be taught.
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Wondering about the benefits of Mistake-Driven Learning? Check the Mistake-Driven Learning: 7 Benefits For eLearning Professionals
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To be able to learn from our failures, we need a way to decode the "teachable moments" hidden within them. We need a method for deducing what exactly those lessons are and how they can improve our chances of future success.
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