{"id":113,"date":"2015-12-01T02:57:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T10:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/?p=113"},"modified":"2019-02-26T16:19:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T00:19:39","slug":"praxis-study-guide-part-3-learn-from-your-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/praxis\/praxis-study-guide-part-3-learn-from-your-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Praxis Study Guide, Part 3: Learn from Your Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is the third in a series of five study tips to get you ready for taking the Praxis Core tests.<\/p>\n

1) Mental Math<\/a>
\n2) Read<\/a>
\n3) Learn from your Mistakes
\n4) Beating Test Stress<\/a>
\n5) Using a Study Schedule<\/p>\n

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Excellence<\/h2>\n

Different folks are taking the Praxis Core exams for different state’s requirements<\/a>.\u00a0 For some folks, meeting the requirements in their state will be easy; for others, it will be a do-able challenge; for others, it will be a stretch.\u00a0 What I have to say here is important for everyone on this spectrum.<\/p>\n

My advice is to strive for excellence.\u00a0 First of all, no matter how approachable it may seem, the Praxis Core is a challenge, and it is good never to underestimate any challenge.\u00a0 More importantly, these tests form an important initial step in your professional career, and your ability to bring your best to each aspect of your preparation is one of the ways that you commit yourself to this career.\u00a0 The philosopher\u00a0Aristotle<\/a>\u00a0(384 \u2013 322 BCE) said: \u201cWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Or, from a more modern source, the financial coach T Harv Eker said, “How you do anything is how you do everything.”\u00a0 I would encourage you to embrace the habits of excellence in preparing for the Praxis Core as a way of committing yourself to the best you can do.\u00a0 I would love to see that commitment inform every aspect of your teaching career.<\/p>\n

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Learning from your Mistakes<\/h2>\n

One of the habits of excellence is to learn from your mistakes.\u00a0 The very best student is the one who never makes the same mistake twice.\u00a0 This is hard ideal, but think about this: how carefully would you have to study the solutions to problems to ensure that you never would make that particular mistake again?\u00a0 This is an ideal for which to strive as you practice.<\/p>\n

You see, for children and immature folks, making mistakes is unpleasant and can be interpret as a message that “something is wrong with me<\/em>!” For folks with a more mature self-image, another perspective becomes possible.\u00a0 Each mistake is a chance to improve one’s self, a chance to understand something at a new level.\u00a0 If you can generate genuine enthusiasm about learning from mistakes, your understanding will advance like wildfire.<\/p>\n

If you find your making many mistakes at the beginning of your studies, you may find it helpful to make an error log<\/strong>.\u00a0 An error log is a physical notebook or computer file in which you record each and every mistake you make.\u00a0 You record the date & time of the mistake.\u00a0 You record the page number (of a problem in a book) or the URL (of a web problem), so you can find the same problem again later.\u00a0 Most important, in an error log, you should write out exactly what idea you didn’t understand and exactly what you should have done.\u00a0 It should be as explicit and detailed as possible.\u00a0 You see, when you are forcing yourself to articulate your mistake explicitly in words, you are drawing on different parts of your brain, and these cross-connections in your brain re-inforce deeper understanding.\u00a0 Part of the point is the benefit you derive just from creating the entry, and part of the point is the ability to track patterns of your mistakes over time.\u00a0 An error log can make very clear what areas require additional review.<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/h2>\n

If you want to be the best teacher you can be, then I would advise committing yourself to doing the best on every step of the journey there.\u00a0 Even if you could get by on the Praxis Core with less effort, I would encourage you to approach it with your very best effort.\u00a0 As Aristotle suggested, the path toward becoming the best we can be lies precisely in doing our best in all things.\u00a0 Your future students deserve no less.<\/p>\n

Keep an eye out for the fourth Praxis Study Guide tip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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