In Conversation with Asst Prof Tanmay Sinha

How to leverage failure for learning – A Conversation with Asst Prof Tanmay Sinha

I am delighted to introduce my colleague at NIE, Assistant Professor Tanmay Sinha. He holds a master’s degree in artificial intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University and a doctorate in learning sciences from ETH Zurich. His research focuses on sensemaking-focused pedagogies that enhance students’ preparation for future learning. Dr Sinha has empirically shown that guided failure in problem-solving before instruction does not harm understanding or knowledge transfer. His work challenges traditional views of socio-emotional factors like curiosity and shame, highlighting the role of peer influence and goal-conduciveness in learning. Employing methods such as applied statistics, social network analysis, and multimodal machine learning, he has studied diverse pedagogies across middle school to university settings. Dr Sinha’s widely recognised research explores emotions’ dual role in learning, emphasising the value of failure-driven problem-solving to foster resilience and social learning. His work appears in top journals and has received awards at international conferences. It has also been featured in The New York Times, Times Higher Education, and the World Economic Forum. 

Read more about his expertise here.  (https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/cris/rp/rp02254).