What Your Learning Mistakes Can Tell You

What Your Learning Mistakes Can Tell You

Mistakes made while learning can reveal what helps you and what holds you back. Find ideas for better understanding your own habits and deciding what to do next.

When you notice which tasks make you lose confidence or what helps you remember new information, you gain a useful guide for your future learning. You don’t need to compare yourself with others or look for one right way to learn. After a setback, try asking yourself: What did I understand? Where did I get stuck? What will I do differently next time? This brief reflection can help you better understand your habits and choose an approach that works for you.

Interested in this topic? Read more: How to Learn from Setbacks and Challenge Myths About Education Want to find out where you stand personally? Take a short test at the end of the page and gain a better understanding.

How does this apply to you? Choose the answers that describe you best:

Imagine that you have failed at something that mattered a lot to you. What will you do first?

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What thoughts come to your mind when you hear the word "failure"?

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You received feedback that you messed something up. What worries you the most?

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Which of the following sentences is closest to you?

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How would you react if you had to publicly present something that you haven't completely finished yet?

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What helps you most often to overcome failure?

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When something doesn't go according to plan, how does your energy change?

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Which image would best capture your relationship with your own mistakes?

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When you watch someone else fail, what do you think?

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If you had one message for your future self after another failure, what would it be?

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