Multiple Ways of Learning, Growth Mindsets and How Mistakes Teach
Week 2
Assignment due Tuesday, September 15 by 4 p.m.
Learning Activity 1
Mindsets direct our ACTIONS and BELIEFS for learning
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John Legend, Professional Composer & Vocalist
John Legend describes constantly failing before achieving his life's goal of gaining a recording contract.
1. ACTIONS John Legend took helped him to improve his singing. What actions were helpful to him?
2. BELIEFS about failure, effort and persistence built his growth mindset. What beliefs were helpful to him?
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Students with GROWTH MINDSETS believe they can always learn new skills and talents through . . .
curiosity
interest
tutoring
strategies
resources
tools
belief
determination
Students with FIXED MINDSETS think they cannot learn new skills and talents because they believe and say,
"I'm not good at it . . ."
math
learning languages
art
science
coding, computer science
playing an instrument
dancing, singing, acting
sports
writing
speaking in groups
taking tests
and I can't change how I learn."
YOUR ACTIONS ARE BASED ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS & BELIEFS
3. Describe something you've learned to do that required your growth mindset to accomplish.
4. What resources or tools might HELP YOU learn something difficult or something you think you are "not good at" learning?
TEACHERS' ACTIONS CREATE STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENTS & BELIEFS
5. Recall a teacher or coach you had (in elementary, middle or high school) who communicated a belief that everyone could learn the content or skill. What did the person DO and SAY to create GROWTH mindsets and give confidence that everyone would gain learning success?
6. Recall a teacher or coach you had (in elementary, middle or high school) who communicated a belief that NOT everyone could learn the content or skill. What did the person DO and SAY to create FIXED mindsets and give doubt that everyone would gain learning success?
Learning Activity 2
7. Video Yourself Juggling
Make a 6 second video of yourself juggling this week.
Use one or more of the coaching videos below or someone you know to help you practice.
RECORD the times and dates of your juggling practice and video-making in your log of self-tutoring hours. DESCRIBE your strategies for practicing.
Do not submit your video in Canvas. It will be a resource as you learn strategies and skills in juggling.
BRING your video and juggling balls to class next Tuesday.
If juggling is physically not possible, we'll make different plans.
USE A COACH TO ASSIST YOUR PRACTICE
0:00- 2:25 1 ball
2:27 - 2:57 2 balls
3:35- 4:40 3 balls
Taylor Tries Juggling
0:00- 3:35 1 ball
3:40- 5:40 2 balls
5:49- 9:38 3 balls
9:40- 12:30 further tutoring & problem solving
Niels Duinker Juggles 3 Balls
0:00- 2:15 1 ball
2:15-4:46 2 balls
4:50-7:26 3 balls
Learning Activity 3
Utilize Mistakes - Don't Prevent Them
Countries in Global West in Green/Countries in Global East in Yellow
HEAR OR READ
First graders in the U.S. and Japan have different beliefs about making mistakes and learning as shown in the following video.
8a. How is making mistakes while learning math thought about by Japanese teachers, parents and first graders in their EASTERN culture?
b. How is making mistakes while learning math thought about by United States teachers, parents and first graders in our WESTERN culture?
9. In the second half of the podcast, Japanese first graders and U.S. first graders are asked to solve unknown math problems. How does each group of first graders respond to this request?
Learning Activity 4
How Were These Products Created?
Choose 1 of these 4 products
10. Before you investigate one product, describe how you think it might have been created.
11. After investigating its origins, do you believe the product was created through making mistakes and revising them or because of the inventors' growth mindset or BOTH?
Explain your thoughts.
NOT FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
https://theworld.org/stories/2016-05-18/how-kindles-e-ink-system-works
Open link if you want to know more. This is not required.
https://www.core77.com/posts/112239/The-Super-Soaker-was-Invented-by-a-NASA-Nuclear-Engineer-Working-on-His-Hobby-in-the-Bathroom
Open link if you want to know more. This is not required.
Resources for SITE MEETINGS' Conversations
What Do Kids INVENT?
In 1963, 6-year-old Robert Patch was granted a patent for a toy truck
Read how he was and still is the youngest person to receive a U.S. Patent
12. Scroll through all 14 inventions and choose one that surprised you. Do you think the invention you chose could have been created without trial and error or revisions? Why or why not?
Alaska’s flag was created by a 13-year-old
Bodily Kinesthetic Ways of Learning
Moving, doing, and using your body; Instead of solely listening to someone teach or by reading information, learning occurs as you practice, build, act, or physically experience something.
Logical Mathematical Learning Style
Using reason, seeing patterns, actively problem solving and thinking creatively; instead of memorizing a formula or trick, wondering about, figuring out why something works instead of solely memorizing it.
You might
- Enjoy solving puzzles, riddles, or brain teasers.
- Like math, science, coding, or strategy games.
- Look for patterns and connections between ideas.
- Ask questions, "Why does this happen?" or "How does this happen?"
- Break problems into smaller parts to understand how to solve them.
Ways to learn
- Solve practice problems instead of just rereading notes.
- Organize information into charts, tables, or diagrams.
- Look for patterns, rules, or formulas.
- Explain your thinking step by step.
- Play logic games or use puzzles to practice your skills.
- Test yourself with "What if...?" questions to see how changing one thing affects the outcome.
Instead of memorizing that the area of a rectangle is length × width, understanding why multiplying the two measurements reveals how many square units are contained in the rectangle.
PURPOSE OF THIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT
This week's four before class learning activities are designed so college students will discover or consider how attitudes AND beliefs (mindset) we, each of us, bring to a learning activity AND ways that learning activity is taught through use of many or few multiple methods is what will sustain or shorten learning outcomes.
As we begin to believe in our abilities as well as how and what we can accomplish, we discover how much we CAN learn and achieve.
photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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