This scaffold puts a twist on the joys of celebrating mistakes. To truly show our students how errors are invaluable in brain activation we create a whole activity around mistakes that we have intentionally embedded in the unit, lesson, or project they are about to begin. At the end of the activity, we further expand the dynamic by helping them to reflect on the steps of the activity – how they felt having the opportunity to consider different alternatives instead of receiving the information without any opportunity to collaborate or participate. Essentially, they’ll be reflecting on how it feels to learn through an action!
