Introduction to the Mind;s Eye of Learning

1. Emotions
of Learning
Chaos to Patterns to Control
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2. S ources of S tudents' C haos
Perfectionism
Stress
Innate
Weaknesses
versus Strengths

3. C haos
Causes
increased

4. Perfectionism
Two reactions to trying to be perfect:
perfect
Positive perfectionism
vs
Negative perfectionism

5. Positive vs Negative
A Positive Perfectionist:
●
●
takes one step at a time
●
with a Positive outlook
●
adding self-talk of “maybe”, “I might”,
“I think I can”, “I can”, “I will”
●
and travels up the

6. Positive vs Negative
●
The positive perfectionists readily takes risks,
risks
● make mistakes and correct accordingly
●
while increasing self-esteem.
self-esteem

7. Positive vs Negative
Negative Perfectionists
also reach for the same perfection
● But due to a fear of making mistakes,
● the negative perfectionist avoids taking
risks,
● and quits before beginning.

8. Positive vs Negative
Negative Perfectionists feel blah,
blah
saying
● “No Fun”,
● “I’m Bored”,
● “I Can’t”,
● “I Won’t”
● then heads
● down the
● Slippery Slope
● to Dullsville.

9. Positive vs Negative
The Negative Perfectionist
fears making changes and
enters the Distraction, “Sameville”

10. Positive vs Negative
Negative Perfectionism causes

11. S tress
Other Stress is from school itself,
when one is unable to do what others can do,
such as:
in math
in reading
with writing
in sitting still
in staying focused

12. Emotions
Being unsuccessful in school
leads to more
self-doubt,
failure
and boredom.

13. Emotions
And heads into
C haos

14. C haos
● Experiences from stress form EMOTIONS
● Morph into DISTRACTIONS
● And cause CHAOS.

15. Distractions
versus

16. Distractions
Percent Out of 10 Self-Talk
100.00% 10 Success
90.00% 9 I Will
80.00% 8 I Can
70.00% 7 I Think I Can
60.00% 6 I Might
50.00% 5 Maybe
40.00% 4 Blah
30.00% 3 No Fun
20.00% 2 Bored
10.00% 1 I Can't
0.00% 0 I Won't

17. Distractions
Big Black Cloud
=
anxiety, frustration,
worry, anger, and
even over excitement

18. Distractions
Sameville:
“I like the way I do it.”
“I don't want to make
any changes.”
“I feel nice and safe in
this loop.”

19. Distractions
When Baddayville
causes distractions,
each bad experience
(gong) adds to the
next
until you have no
mental energy
remaining to deal with
school.

20. Distractions
Procrastinate...
“Tomorrow, tomorrow,
tomorrow
I'll just do it tomorrow.
Not now.”

21. Distractions
Entering the classroom
with thoughts
full of
Extra Baggage
leaves one with
no energy to become
actively involved in
learning.

22. Distractions
When one is given a
paper to write and
has no idea how to
begin, In the
Beginning
causes stress!
Writing halts.
Some entitle In the Beginning as a dysfunction;
however strategies exist to travel past the stress.

23. Distractions
Of the 29 distractions in the
Mind's Eye of Learning,
students usually have between four to six
weaknesses.
weaknesses
However an
equal number of the
distractions
are actually students'
strengths.
strengths

24. Patterns
Once the student
understands his/her distractions,
distractions
s/he begins
to recognize
his/her own
patterns.

25. C ontrol
With strategies in hand
plus knowing the
signs of one's eminent stress,
stress
the student
begins to
gain control of
his/her
distractions.
distractions

26. C ontrol
The student
eliminates the stress
and Big Black
Cloud
before the negative
gains control.
control