Teaching Life Lessons: When Millennials Fail

Abstract

Background: Students who fail may face feelings of diminished self-perception, decreased sense of achievement, and experience negative emotions or moods such as: guilt, embarrassment, thoughts of reoccurring failure, feeling of letting others down or disappointing teachers and parents.

Confronting Failure: Building Confidence and Resilience in Undergraduate Researchers

“…The authors reported that fear, including fear of failure, can manifest itself in various behaviors, including missed classes, frequent illnesses, little or no class engagement, and missed assignments (Bledsoe and Baskin 2014). Poor academic performance for URM students in particular has large ramifications that can include loss of financial support to complete their educational pursuits (Ramirez et al 2018). Additionally, Ramirez and colleagues (2018) shared that failure can lead to poor self-concept, embarrassment, insecurities about career pathways, and "fear of letting others down. "…”

Chapter 1. Failing Forward: Helping Undergraduate Researchers in Geosciences Cultivate Strong Science Identities and Growth Mindsets

“…The authors reported that fear, including fear of failure, can manifest itself in various behaviors, including missed classes, frequent illnesses, little or no class engagement, and missed assignments (Bledsoe and Baskin 2014). Poor academic performance for URM students in particular has large ramifications that can include loss of financial support to complete their educational pursuits (Ramirez et al 2018). Additionally, Ramirez and colleagues (2018) shared that failure can lead to poor self-concept, embarrassment, insecurities about career pathways, and "fear of letting others down. "…”