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- 2. From this LessonYou Will Learn: • Intelligence can be developed • The brain is pliable and capable of changing • Doing challenging work is the best way to make the brain stronger and smarter
- 3. What is Mindset? •What is mindset? • A mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations.
- 5. Mindset Quiz- Agreeor Not 1. My intelligence is something very basic about me that I can’t really change. 2. When I don’t understand something I like to slow down and try to figure it out. 3. I am intimidated by academic challenges. 4. I have been told by others that I am smart. 5. Learning is fun. 6. I often feel unmotivated to learn. 7. When I don’t do well in a subject I think that I must not be very good at that particular subject. 8. When I perform poorly academically I do not get discouraged. 9. When I don’t understand something, I get very frustrated and want to give up. 10. I shouldn’t have to work as hard in subjects that I am naturally good at. Quiz adapted from “The Curse of the ‘Smart’ Student” at extremebiology.net.
- 6. What’s Your Mindset? •Give yourself 4 points each time you answered AGREE to these questions: • 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 • Subtract two points for each time you answered AGREE to these questions: • 2, 5, 8 • If you scored: less than 5, you have a growth mindset. between 5-10, you have a growth mindset • with some fixed ideas. between 11-15, you have a mostly fixed • mindset. above 15, you have a solidly fixed mindset.
- 7. YESTERDAY’S THEORY: WEARE BORN WITH INTELLIGENCE • Alfred Binet Invented the first useable IQ test • Yesterday’s Theory- No matter how much you learn or how hard you work your intelligence stays the same!
- 8. TODAY’S THEORY: MINDSET MATTERS •INOTHER WORDS...It’s not what you are born with that matters; it’s your mindset that matters. •Growth Mindset: Intelligence is a quality that can be changed and developed.
- 10. THE BRAIN ISMALLEABLE (pliable, able to change) • The brain is like a muscle that gets stronger and works better the more it is exercised. • Too often students believe the brain is static, leading them to think talent and giftedness are permanent, unchanging personal attributes that automatically bring later success. • Every time you work hard, stretch yourself and learn something new, your brain forms new connections, and over time you actually become smarter.
- 11. STEPS TO DEVELOPING AGROWTH MINDSET • Step #1: Learn, learn, learn • Step #2 Realize hard work is key • Step #3 Face setbacks
- 12. When You Make ABad Grade • A fixed mindset predicts students’ failure to recover from an initial poor grade. Students with a fixed mindset may think that they are just “dumb” and quit trying. • A growth mindset predicts successful recovery. Students with a growth mindset will accept that failure can help them learn from their mistakes. They will keep trying.
- 13. Facing Setbacks • FixedMindset: Hide mistakes and conceal weaknesses, retreat, blame others, act superior • “I’ll spend less time on this subject from now on” • “I will try not to take this subject ever again” • “I will try to cheat on the next test” • ✔Growth Mindset: • Learn from mistakes and confront weaknesses • “I will work harder in class from now on” • “I will spend more time studying for the test”
- 14. REALIZING HARD WORK ISKEY • Fixed Mindset: Learning should come naturally “When I have to work really hard in a subject, I don’t feel very smart.” • Growth Mindset: Putting a lot of effort into learning and working hard is key • “The harder I have to work at something, the more effort I put into something, the better I’ll be at it.”
- 15. To Develop aGrowth Mindset • Focus on effort and persistence despite setbacks • Choose difficult tasks • Focus on strategies and reflect on different strategies that work and don’t work • Focus on learning and improving • Seek challenges • Work hard