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Wow, lucounou--what a completely AWESOME summary you have worke dup there! I just bookmarked this.

This:

"Explain that a child may not be learning if all of her work is perfect, and that making mistakes is an important aspect of challenge. "

has been really important to my DD this year as, for the first time, she encounters work she doesn't always instantly get right. I shared this way of thinking with her and it was like she honestly had no idea that getting everything right every single time might mean she isn't learning very much. I've really seen a shift in her thinking because of it.