This article from the Éductive platform introduces risk pedagogy, an approach that helps reduce students’ fear of failure by implementing various assessment strategies. It is based on the principle that learning is an iterative process in which failure is both normal and beneficial.
The article is based on the accounts of two teachers who describe the strategies that enabled them to implement risk-based pedagogy:
- provide multiple opportunities to retake assessments
- provide frequent and constructive feedback
- multiply low-weighted scores
- encourage self-assessment and metacognition
- structure learning in a step-by-step manner
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