“What if a team on the Electric Maze methodically stepped to find beeps as quickly as possible, eliminating the hesitation? A solution can be found in under seven minutes. A team’s inability to accomplish this task in twenty minutes can be seen as a direct result of misconstruing the context. This context calls for experimentation, and it helps to team up and support one another through the inevitable failures. Instead, students react emotionally to beeps—as if they had been engaged in a routine task with a playbook for exactly where and when to step. They’ve spontaneously viewed the maze as a test they were supposed to get right the first time. They’ve brought an execution mindset to a learning task.”