Jeff Swift's List: Education

• Unless you experience the unpleasant symptoms of being wrong, your brain will never revise its models
• individuals who believe intelligence is malleable (i.e., smart is something you become not something you possess) respond to negative feedback with a mastery-orientation, seeking means of correction and learning. Such learners are resilient, responding to set-backs with renewed energy directed toward learning
• A classroom environment that welcomes error as a gateway to learning contributes to better feedback responses
• Disappointment led to reflection and investigation, correction, and renewed interest in getting it right

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