What Are Some Dead Ideas About Learning?

In one class, students were asked to create their own exams. Mary: I always had students submit questions that could be used on the exam because just what you said, right? In my current introductory econometrics class, as our professor was preparing the midterm, he kind of gave us a survey so we could answer for each other. What's a common dead idea that you hear your peers may be talking about and you would want to help them maybe rethink it? "I applaud that instructor for being so open to getting that kind of student feedback"