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What is Growth Mindset?
Thinking that you can do hard challenges
How many thoughts do you have in a day? What percentage of those thoughts are negative
60,000 and more than half are negative.
When the brain is learning something new it needs to talk to different parts of the brain. How does the brain talk to each other?
Through messages
In the student handout that we did last week, it was important to set a goal. What was the second thing you must do.
Make a plan on how you going to practice. For example, what your going to do, for how many days and minutes/hours.
True or False... can someone change the things they don't like about themselves? If so, how?
Yes,
What is Fixed Mindset
When you give up, when you think it's too hard and you're not smart enough, when you make mistakes and quit.
What is Self-Talk and why is it important?
Self talk is that quiet voice in your head that you say to your self. It's important because it is the driver of your brain
How does do these messages get across?
Pathways
True or False, if you brain is like a muscle does that mean anyone become smart?
Yes, you just have to work at it.
What is something that you learned from Stanley's speech, the author of spider man.
When you have an idea that you love, give it your best and don't let ____ talk you out of it.
Where is Growth and Fixed Mindset made of?
Your thoughts
When things get difficult and you keep making mistakes, what are three things you need to remember?
1. Never give up.
2. Ask for help
3. Make small changes
When there are several pathways made, the pathways connect to make a...
Network
Can you name some important discoveries that were made from a mistake...
Chocolate chip cookies,
Playdo
Is it O.K. to feel disappointed when you are trying new things and they don't turn out the way that you wanted to? What can you do in those cases to feel better?
Yes it's o.k. You can take a break, do something else and come back to it later.
What does Growth Mindset look like? In other words what do people do that makes them a Growth Mindset person?
They study, train, ask questions, set goals.
Mistakes help you learn, it helps the brain send messages to wear they are suppose to go.
Why do you make so many mistakes at first? What is happening in the brain?
The brain doesn't always know where to send the messages. It's like when you go to a new place and don't know how to get there.
How can you make these comments into a Growth Mindset...
No one in my family is good a math.
I can practice my math skills and get help.
How can you turn this into a Growth Mindset...
Loosing this game proves that I'm not good at this.
What does a Growth Mindset sound like?
I can do this...
Mistakes are O.K.
If the brain is like a muscle what do you need to do to grow your brain like a muscle...
Learn challenging things
When you are learning something new, the brain doesn't always know how send messages to the right place. What do you need to do, to help make those pathways in the brain?
Keep practicing, learn from your mistakes, never give up in order to form pathways.
How can you make this into a Growth Mindset...
I can't do this
I can't do this YET
I don't need to study, I'm always good at spelling.
Even if my strength is spelling, it is important that I study.