Fake it until you make it!
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Do your students fake it? Strategies for building a risk-taking class.
We've all heard the phrase Fake It Until You Make It, but there is an inherent problem when we tell our students that.
"...most students only risk doing something poorly if they think they will ultimately succeed.
Our students regularly look to us to gauge what is possible and help them develop their most capable selves. How we name and frame what is possible for students often shapes their own sense of possibility."
-Kyle Redford
Helping Students Realize Their Most Capable Selves tell us about:
Creating Classroom Conditions That Grow Student Potential
- "You can do it" is over-rated
- "Safe to struggle" is key
Embracing Challenges as Opportunities
- "Memorization" is not intellectual
- "Opportunities for problem solving" is paramount
Click here to learn why faking it only works if there is a potential and support to make it.
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