Mindsets
Learners with a _________________ mindset believe people are either born intelligent or they are not. They avoid a challenge because they fear their intelligence may not be up to the task.
What is fixed?
These types of learners prefer to learn from teacher centered activities like Powerpoints and independent reading.
What is a Thinker?
A cover letter is always required for a job application.
A. True
B. False
What is false?
The three components of constructing logical arguments.
What are reasons, evidence, and conclusions?
A ____________ mindset is where someone believes that intelligence is like a muscle and it gets stronger the more its used.
What is growth?
These types of learners prefer having a personal relationship with their classmates and teachers in order to understand and relate to course material.
What is a Feeler?
When we have a foundation of personal values, we create integrity by choosing words and actions consistent with those values.
A. True
B. False
What is true?
To expose conclusions built on unsound reasons, flawed evidence, and faulty logic.
What is asking probing questions?
A learning goal would be to earn a B in college success. A performance goal would be to learn the definitions of inner guide, inner critic, and inner defender.
A. True
B. False
What is false?
College assignments mostly consist of lectures and textbook assignments and favor these types of learners.
What are Thinkers and Doers?
An action that can results in a failing a test, a course, or even getting expelled from the university.
What is cheating?
Answers "how do you know?" in an argument and provides support to explain how the persuader knows the information to be.
What is evidence?
Fixed mindsets develop when we are praised on this instead of hard work.
What is intelligence?
A job that would fit an innovative learner.
What is dancer, poet, advertising designer, florist, psychiatrist, artist, creative writer, entrepreneur, fashion artist, playwright, filmmaker, graphic designer, humorist, inventor, landscape architect, nutritionist, photographer, editor, program developer
A strategy you can use to keep your commitments.
What is make your agreements consciously, use creator language, make your agreements important, create a plan, or renegotiate.
The goal of critical thinking.
What is to seek the truth?
The psychologist who pioneered the concepts of growth and fixed mindsets
Who is Carol Dweck?
Our preferred ways of learning are the only ways we can learn new information or skills.
A. True
B. False
What is true?
Choosing words and deeds that are in line with a our values and holding oneself to a high standard of learning that does not rely cheating or dishonest actions.
What is academic integrity?
The Greek word that critical comes from; meaning having the ability to understand or decide by using sound judgement.
What is "kritikos?"