Provide early success opportunities through assignment sequencing or assessment design. Consider offering some reward for effort or improvement in the course, either through the weighting of your assessments (heavier toward the latter half) or through a portion of the grade set aside for that purpose. Provide examples of initial failures or setbacks in your own intellectual journey or in those of famous or recognizable figures in your field to demonstrate that such failures can be overcome. Give feedback to students in growth language; convey the message that they are capable of improvement,
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