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- In recent years, cognitive scientists have done much research on how making mistakes help us learn.
- One study says that, specific procedures for solving problems, largely ignored errors and praised correct answers. Japanese teachers, by contrast, asked students to find their own way through problems and then led a discussion of common errors, why they might seem plausible and why they were wrong. Praise was rarely given and students were meant to see struggle and setbacks as part of learning. The difference, the authors believed, is one reason that Japanese students outperform in math.
- It is important for students to have growth mindset, students will begin to see errors as a path to learning rather than humiliation. When one teacher (teacher in interview) shared students’ errors anonymously with the class, he says, “the kids got really good about saying ‘Hey, that’s my mistake! Let me talk about what I did wrong.’ It was incredible. They got past the shy moment of, ‘Oh, I screwed up.’”