Productive Failure is featured in a story on TimeForKids.com: Work Your Mind: Figuring something out on your own may be the best way to learn, published on April 25, 2012.
Take a look at this Time.com story on Productive Failure: Why Floundering Is Good, published on April 25, 2012.
Take a look at this Straits Times story on Productive Failure: Young kids learn better through play? So do teens: Study, published on June 28, 2013.
Implicit Social Cognition is featured in a story on The Straits Times (Home, Page B1) on July 15, 2014.
Dr Kapur’s article In the classrooms of Singapore, calculators are not crutches has been published on The Conversation on May 21, 2014.
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Prof. Kapur talked about his book with Shiv Puri | May 28, 2025
Prof. Kapur enjoyed an insightful conversation on his groundbreaking book Productive Failure in one of the «In conversation with Shiv» series with Shiv Puri.

Prof. Kapur is a Speaker at the SXSW EDU 2025 | March 3, 2025
Prof. Kapur is talking about Productive Failure at the SXSW EDU 2025, Austin TX, alongside an amazing set of speakers Emily Calandrelli, Nadim Matta and Kara Bobroff. Join us!

Join the Math for America (MfA) Thursday Think | February 25, 2025 in NY
Prof. Kapur is looking forward to engaging with Math for America on Productive Failure. If you are in New York, join for MfA's Thursday Think series, which is happening on Tue Feb 25, 2025.

Join for a free Presents event: «Harnessing Failure» in NY | February 21, 2025
Prof. Kapur and Simons Foundation president David Spergel will dissect how we navigate failure on a personal and societal basis and how we can better prepare people for the inevitability of failure — and perhaps even find joy in it.
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Join for a free Presents event: «Harnessing Failure» in NY | February 21, 2025 (copy)
Prof. Kapur and Simons Foundation president David Spergel will dissect how we navigate failure on a personal and societal basis and how we can better prepare people for the inevitability of failure — and perhaps even find joy in it.
Learn…

Special Session Discussion of Prof. Kapur’s book at SALTISE Conference | February 19, 2025
Save the date for a special SALTISE in-person event on Feb 19, 2025 at 5 pm (EST). Prof. Kapur will be talking about his book, Productive Failure, with the SALTISE community at a special session discussion at Concordia University in Montrea…




