6th Grade - Module 1: Unit 2 - Personal Identity

What does it mean to have a Growth Mindset?

Using the "See-Do-Get" Model put the correct definitions with the words.

• The impact on our behavior

• Do

• Our paradigm of the situation

• See

• The results from the impact

• Get

The statement "I am NOT a violinist" refers to having what kind of mindset?

• Growth Mindset

• Positive Mindset

• Fixed Mindset

• Neutral Mindset

What are the connections between paradigms and having a growth mindset?

What does the word paradigm mean?

• A historical event in ancient Greece.
• A type of software application.
• The way we see things.

• A scientific theory about evolution.

Decide which mindset each sentence belongs to.

Groups:

(a) Fixed Mindset

,

(b) Growth Mindset

• I am inspired when others do well.

• I like to try new things.

• Effort is an important part of my learning process.

• Feedback helps me learn how to get better at things.

• When people give me feedback I feel like they are just criticizing me.

• When I make mistakes I feel like a failure           and want to give up.

• If I have to put lots of effort into doing something, then it means I am just not good at it.

• Mistakes help me learn and grow.

• I can learn to do anything I want to.

• I am either good at it or I am not.

• I stick to what I know.

• When others do well it makes me feel  useless.

According to the See-Do-Get model our paradigm affects the impact of...?

• Our behavior

• The thinks we like

• Our name

• The way we write

Write about a time where you were facing a difficult challenge and how you used a growth mindset to overcome this. If you haven't ever used a growth mindset then write about how you can use one in the future!

A student is having trouble with a math problem and has tried to solve the question multiple times. Instead of giving up they make this statement, "I keep making mistakes but I will solve this problem eventually!" This is an example of having what kind of mindset?

• Getting there mindset

• Growth Mindset

• Negative

• Fixed Mindset

What was your biggest takeaway from the personal identity unit?