Implications of Fail-forward in an Online Environment under Alternative Grading Schemes

The concept of fail-forward can be used as a teaching technique to motivate students to learn from their mistakes. For example, when students are allowed to re-work incorrect responses on a test for a partial grade they are failing-forward. In this paper we look at the effects of failing-forward on...

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Main Authors: Hilde Patron, William J. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Educators Online 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Educators Online
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Online Access:https://www.thejeo.com/archive/archive/2011_81/patronetalpaperpdf