Not all students are intrinsically motivated. This is also something to teach. Help students build a growth mindset so that when they get to the “real world” they can recover and move forward despite failure. What is described above involves consequence and a path to grow in.

Really? When my son failed his driver’s test he wasn’t told he would never get to drive for the rest of his life. In fact he could take it over and over until he passed. So yes there are redo’s in life and that is just one example. What’s the point of education if you aren’t allowed to continue learning?? This is a pretty narrow view point – in my education philosophy redoing work is real world and it is a consequence… if you do not understand or you make mistakes you don’t get to just accept failure – you are recquired to continue working.

Because it’s not real life, its school and they’re children. Allowing retakes, shows them that working for something and not giving up/settling is worth it. We are not here to teach them about the cold, hard realities of life, we’re here to be empathetic, increase their confidence and foster inquisitiveness. Sometimes we’re the support they don’t have at home.

I like the idea of getting up to a hundred percent however, it is unfair to those who got a higher score the first time and are competing for class rank. In my current school the higher performing students would quickly point that out.