Productive Failure
Productive Failure is a journal article by Manu Kapur (2008), published in Cognition and Instruction. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 2 practices across 2 concepts; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this journal article is put to use.
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Practices on IX Coach that cite Productive Failure
- Generate your own examples or explanations before studying provided ones
Before seeing a worked example or explanation, try to construct your own version — the effort and the mismatch strengthen learning.
Errorful Learning: Why Making Mistakes Strengthens Memory
- Exploration with guardrails
Give the learner latitude to experiment independently while keeping consequences bounded.
Cognitive Apprenticeship: Learning by Making Thinking Visible
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