HEURISTIC 3/10
Keep stakes low
OVERVIEW
Create a safe and supportive environment that allows students to explore, experiment, and learn without the fear of failure or negative repercussions.
This freedom to explore and immerse themselves in the experience enables creativity, deeper understanding, and genuine learning to occur.
Recommendations
RECOMMENDATION 1
Keep activities short
SIGNIFICANCE
- •Students already have a heavy workload and feel short of time
- •This generation has a low attention span
RECOMMENDATION 2
Refrain from grading
SIGNIFICANCE
- •Grading can reduce the motivation of low-performing students to participate
- •Students will tie these activities/games to school, causing them to view them as burdensome chores rather than enjoyable experiences
RECOMMENDATION 3
Avoid keeping score
SIGNIFICANCE
- •Keeping score can reinforce the grade-focused mindset that students already have
- •Keeping score can lead students to only value the end goal of scoring higher