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Learning requires low-stakes opportunities to fail and adjust
Learning requires low-stakes opportunities to fail and adjust
Winthrop argues that students need opportunities to work independently and make mistakes when the stakes are manageable because learning inherently involves recognizing errors and changing course.
- Speaker
- Rebecca Winthrop
- Topic
- Independent learning
- Source timestamp
- 18:52
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