Mindset Literature Circle by Elaine Legorreta https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87 Made with a curious mind en-us 2017-08-18 15:01:08 UTC 2017-09-13 01:31:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Add random thoughts, questions and aha's as you read. Elaine Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/181635041 2017-08-18 15:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/181635041 Video clea_anderson https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/183821384 I have a short video (3 min?) on how our brains work which was used for the mindset class in summer school that I would like to show to the group. Catherine]]> 2017-08-30 21:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/183821384 When do you feel smart? Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186483580 2017-09-11 17:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186483580 Should one (test) have the power to measure the most basic intelligence now and forever? Should it have the power to define a person? p. 27 Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186483857 "You can't determine the slope of a line with only one point." p. 28]]> 2017-09-11 17:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186483857 How about developing capacity over time? Maybe someone is not yet the person they are to become (Elvis Lucille Ball, Thomas Edison) p.28 Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186484569 2017-09-11 17:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186484569 NASA selecting astronauts that had significant failures and overcame them. Capacity for growth. Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186486663 2017-09-11 17:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186486663 Special meaning "better than others"? That's a problem. Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186487154 2017-09-11 17:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186487154 "If you are somebody when you are successful, what are you when you are unsuccessful? p. 32 Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186487820 2017-09-11 17:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186487820 "Failure has been transformed from an action into an identity" Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186488326 2017-09-11 17:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186488326 You can still be in the process of learning from mistakes until you deny them. John Wooden Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186488780 2017-09-11 17:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186488780 Growth mindset - admire effort. Effort is what ignites ability into accomplishment. p.41 Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186490968 2017-09-11 17:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186490968 "You have to work hardest for the things you love the most." - excellent perspective for a teacher. Complacency is never acceptable. We must always grow. Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186522766 2017-09-11 18:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186522766 "Think about what what you want to look back and say." p. 44 Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186533745
I could have been... I gave my all...]]> 2017-09-11 19:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186533745 "... to value what you are doing regardless of the outcome." p.48 Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186535623 2017-09-11 19:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186535623 ""did I do it for success, or did I do it because it I thought the effort itself was valid Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186536234 2017-09-11 19:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186536234 "Grow Your Mindset" sections Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186537163 2017-09-11 19:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186537163 maintain curiosity Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186537688 2017-09-11 19:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186537688 George Danzig and "unsolvable" math problems! Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186537876 2017-09-11 19:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186537876 praise for doing what it takes to succeed vs. "smart" Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186538421 2017-09-11 19:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186538421 "When stereotypes are invoked they fill people's minds with distracting thoughts" p.78 Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186539144 fear of losing a positive level or deserving the negative label.]]> 2017-09-11 19:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186539144 "Exceptionalism" as a handicap in American thinking Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186543659 2017-09-11 19:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186543659 Tiger Woods - mental toughness. Is mindset his issue now? Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186547466 2017-09-11 19:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186547466 Malcolm Gladwell - people prize natural ability over earned ability Leg https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186548156 2017-09-11 19:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186548156 Dual mindsets, the fact that everyone is both growth mindset and fixed mindset but about different things. https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186582824 2017-09-11 22:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186582824 Try not to praise outcomes, but rather processes https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186582987 2017-09-11 22:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186582987 Many of the anecdotes about exceptional people are inspiring, but are they healthy role models? https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186588549 Carol discusses the perseverance of the late actor Christopher Reeve (p. 22-23), for example, and of a female Olympic wrestler (I don't recall her name or the page number discussed on) to demonstrate having a growth mindset and extraordinary resolve in the face of adversity (refusal to quit).  However, while highlighting these people's great accomplishments, little to no attention is given to discussing their emotional well-being or state of mind; are/were they joyous? Fulfilled? Frustrated? Depressed?  The quest to success in the ways the author discusses (as opposed to finding a happy balance between "good enough" and having leisure time) may not be a recipe for joy in life, merely success - as defined by the author or by anyone - arbitrarily.]]> 2017-09-11 23:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186588549 I understand that the actual "how-to" portion is later in the book... https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186589487 So far, much of Chapters 1 through 4 seem to be devoted to belaboring a point that is becoming rather stale for me, using an over-abundance of case studies (presented in a very lay-person-friendly anecdotal form rather than a data-rich scientific form).  I would actually appreciate more data and objective facts presented; this would do much to persuade me further of what otherwise seems reasonably convincing conversational arguments in favor of the growth mindset, as put forth.
I realize that in playing "devil's advocate" I risk coming across as cynical, but I am simply being frank.  Therefore, I believe that in her attempt to reach/please as many readers as possible, there is an unnecessarily cumbersome plethora of anecdotes presented about various famous people who are widely considered successful in order to prove and re-prove the point that it was hard work and perseverance rather than mere natural talent that led to their remarkable success in their respective fields.
Okay, I get it, can we please move on to concrete examples of how to put this into action?  I would appreciate some step-by-step guides.  How can we become the sorts of teachers that emulate the approach, the methods, or the results of the math teacher from "Stand and Deliver" within our own community of students?]]> 2017-09-11 23:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186589487 What about toxic stress? https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186590545 Recently, I have been hearing more about the sources and the consequences of chronic toxic stress on people, especially youth who are being raised in exceedingly challenging circumstances. Many of our students deal with problems we can only imagine and some deal with problems we cannot even imagine in their lives, which can lead them to have a lower than "normal/typical" threshold for being challenged - they may perceive academic/classroom challenges that are not meant to be threatening in a threatening way.
Asking such students to "take a risk" or to "step out of their comfort zone" in order to learn from mistakes is an admirable ideal, but how connected is it to the daily reality of THEIR lives and to the work of teachers to create those truly safe spaces for students to do that?
These students are already keenly aware of the demands of real life, with the transactional nature of many work and social relationships/dealings and the narrowly defined measures of success.  How can we prepare our students for the real world while still creating a nurturing and more aspirational learning environment that encourages them to learn and to challenge themselves/be challenged by others not merely for the sake of grades/immediate rewards but for true long-term growth/development as individuals?]]> 2017-09-11 23:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186590545 Michael Jordan: clea_anderson https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186947389 I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.​ - Catherine]]> 2017-09-12 19:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186947389 clea_anderson https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186948014 Can we please add our names so we know who wrote each entry? Thank you - Catherine]]> 2017-09-12 19:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186948014 Use clea_anderson https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186948618 Learning and the Brain]]> 2017-09-12 19:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/186948618 Another Michael Jordan quote: https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/187012205 "When the going gets tough, you can throw in the towel or use it to wipe up the sweat."

I'm not sure he really said this, but I've heard that he did and I often pass it along to my students! Vivian]]> 2017-09-13 01:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Leg/2gqxtn91kf87/wish/187012205