Mindset
Walk in song of the week: Fight Song
Topic
Attitudes Toward Learning Content
Description
Having the mindset necessary to approach and persist in learning content in a postsecondary environment
Next steps
Focus on ways your education adds value to your life and career
Take challenging courses to maximize learning
Get help early when challenges arise
Research "growth mindset" to learn how effort (and mistakes) can build intelligence
Ask for help from people other than the professor
When you get confused, go back and try to figure it out later
Don't give up!
When challenged, take a break and then come back and try a new method or approach
Ask instructor to clarify or help when you don't understand something
Ask other students for help when you don't understand something
Lesson
Video: Stuck on an Escalator
okay to ask for help but try to help yourself first
Rule Yourself video 1:31
Grit
Grit Quiz (online)
12- Item Grit Scale (pdf)
TED Talk: The key to success? Grit
Growth Mindset
Something you have said or thought about yourself in the past, or related to starting college, that was your fixed mindset voice.
Something you could say to talk back with a growth mindset voice.
Academic Integrity
Turnitin
Learn from failure