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How can you tell if a student really understands something?

They learn early on to fake understanding exceptionally well, and even the best assessment leaves something on the table. (In truth, a big portion of the time students simply don’t know what they don’t know.)

The idea of understanding is, of course, at the heart of all learning, and solving it as a puzzle is one of the three pillars of formal learning environments and education.

Via Elizabeth E Charles, Mark E. Deschaine, PhD, Stephania Savva, Ph.D

"Traditionally, we give and receive feedback at the end of projects, assignments, and units. But is this the best way to ensure progress? Researchers are saying it’s not, especially when it comes to encouraging creativity. For optimal academic achievement, teachers and students should consider placing feedback somewhere in the middle. In their study, “

Via Elizabeth E Charles, Miloš Bajčetić, Stephania Savva, Ph.D, Sabrina M. BUDEL, malek, Andreas Christodoulou