Making mistakes is a critical part of the assessment process--and understanding how to learn from those mistakes helps educators and students get the most from their learning experience. In this practical volume, James McMillan shows why being wrong is an essential part of effective learning and how it can be used by teachers to motivate students and help develop positive achievement-related dispositions. In six concise chapters, the author looks at how mistakes affect students morale, identity, and knowledge, and how teachers can most effectively contextualize supposed failures to help...

Making mistakes is a critical part of the assessment process--and understanding how to learn from those mistakes helps educators and students get the most from their learning experience. In this practical volume, James McMillan shows why being wrong is an essential part of effective learning and how it can be used by teachers to motivate students and help develop positive achievement-related dispositions. In six concise chapters, the author looks at how mistakes affect students morale, identity, and knowledge, and how teachers can most effectively contextualize supposed failures to help...