This week students learned about the concept of “growth mindset” and how it is different than a “fixed mindset.” We also explored how a growth mindset can be applied to projects. Key understandings for a growth mindset: Mistakes are a natural and expected part of learning Failure is an event (not a person) It is better to be praised for trying hard than “being smart” (we discussed a study linked below by Dr. Carol Dweck) Your intelligence can increase with struggle (but if you avoid effort or new things because you are afraid you won’t be the best, that will actually cause your intelligence to flatline) Initial success in a task is never guaranteed (view everything new thing you try as an experiment) Part 2: Da Vinci and Thomas Edison This week students were exposed to traits that characterize two very different, yet very similar, epic inventors in human history. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452 - 1519): an Italian Renaissance polymath who was active as a painter, theorist, sculpto...
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