You’ve undoubtedly heard the saying that “practice makes perfect.” And you’ve probably heard the saying “practice doesn’t make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect” as well.Both statements sort of imply that effective practice means avoiding mistakes. But what if that’s actually not true? What if making mistakes - on purpose - has the potential to accelerate the learning process and lead to much better performance than avoiding mistakes?I know that sounds backwards, but let’s take a look at a teaching strategy that may tempt you to encourage students to do things the “wrong way” more often!Source