Login
Youth Truth Home
Contact Us
Twitter
LinkedIn
YouTube
  • Home
    • Our Impact
    • How We Work
  • Products & Services
    • Student Surveys
    • Family & Staff Surveys
    • Online Reports
    • Professional Development
  • Get Started
    • RSVP for a Webinar
    • Registration
  • Resources
    • Insights From the Student Experience: Emotional & Mental Health
    • Students Weigh In: Learning & Well-Being During COVID-19
    • Learning From Student and Stakeholder Voice
    • Guidebooks & Videos
    • Success Stories
    • Research
  • About
    • Team
    • Careers
    • Advisory Board
    • Funders
    • History
  • News
  • Contact

Instructional Methods | When you make a mistake, does your teacher help you correct it?

When you make a mistake, does your teacher help you correct it?

Recasting mistakes as opportunity

Why does it matter?

Mistakes are an invaluable tool for learning. The question “When you make a mistake, does your teacher help you correct it?” provides insight into whether or not students are being taught healthy skills for how to accept feedback and incorporate that feedback.

Back to Plan for Improvement

Jo Boaler on why mistakes matter

Stanford University Professor Jo Boaler discusses why mistakes are invaluable tools for learning, and then considers a grading strategy that recasts mistakes as opportunities. Here’s a quick explanation of how to capitalize on students’ mistakes:

More from Jo Boaler

415-286-9538   hello@youthtruthsurvey.org

131 Steuart Street, Suite 501      San Francisco, CA 94105