Why students need to fail
Moira MacDonald,
Informatics in Education,
Dec 04, 2013
Interesting article on the design of a course that has students act as instructors, drawing their presentations from dense and difficult texts, in an environment that is challenging and often results in failure. The course, taught by Concrodia University professor Vivek Venkatesh, "was really about thinking on your feet," says Tieja Thomas, a PhD candidate who took the course. "You had to come prepared . . . It really was a deeper form of learning."
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