More excellence, less perfection: unrealistic standards hinder achievement

MCERA

By MCERA
Community contribution / October 19, 2020

As Year 12s enter the exam period, some students will be striving for perfection and fearing they will fall short of it. But is it a damaging quest?

Clinical PhD candidate Ivana Osenk, under the supervision of Professor Tracey Wade at Flinders University, led a study to understand ...

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