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“You want to aim for what D’Mello and colleagues call a ‘zone of optimal confusion.’”

D’Mello and his research team identified three guiding principles for implementing confusion in the college classroom: it should be appropriate, intentional and in the context of learning; students should possess the ability to successfully resolve the confusion; and when students … Continue reading

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