Chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley on why mistakes are our greatest teachers
ReThinking
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The Power of Applying Classroom Concepts to Real Life
The speaker encouraged a student to graph rain and use physics concepts to understand the world around her. The student realized that acceleration could be applied to real-life situations and saw the correlation between what she was learning and its practical value. Subsequently, the student improved her midterm grade and gained a deeper appreciation for applying classroom concepts to real life. The speaker emphasized the importance of finding connections between education and real-world applications.
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