We can think about predictive activities as a cognitive version of something we normally ask of learners who are attempting to master a skill: namely, requiring them to engage that skill before they are prepared to complete it successfully. We can all likely draw from our experiences in remembering attempts to master skills of one sort or another, and we know full well that however much one might read in advance about throwing a football or painting a portrait or giving a speech, the real learning happens after we have thrown ourselves into the situation and made that first (unsuccessful)
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