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DIY productive failure: boosting performance in a large undergraduate biology course

DIY productive failure: boosting performance in a large undergraduate biology course

Abstract Students in first-year university courses often focus on mimicking application of taught procedures and fail to gain adequate conceptual understanding. One potential approach to support meaningful learning is Productive Failure (PF). In PF, the conventional instruction process is reversed so that learners attempt to solve challenging problems ahead of …