Choose Your Learning Behaviour

You are working on a science project and your experiment does not work the first time. What should you do to show resilience?

• Give up and ask your teacher to do it for you.

• Try to find out what went wrong and try the experiment again.

• Blame your partner for the mistake.

• Ignore the project and do something else.

Your group is having trouble finishing a history presentation. What is the best way to show collaboration?

• Let one person do all the work.

• Share the tasks fairly and help each other.

• Only do your part and ignore the rest.

• Argue about whose idea is best.

You have a maths test next week. How can you show independence in your learning?

• Wait for your teacher to remind you to revise.

• Make your own revision plan and follow it.

• Only study if your friends are studying.

• Copy someone else's notes without understanding them.

You feel frustrated because you cannot solve a tricky puzzle in class. What is the best way to self-regulate?

• Shout and throw the puzzle away.

• Take a few deep breaths and try again calmly.

• Leave the classroom without telling anyone.

• Blame the teacher for making it too hard.

Your friend is struggling with a homework question. How can you show collaboration?

• Ignore them and finish your own work.

• Work together to find the answer.

• Tell them to ask the teacher instead.

• Laugh at them for not knowing.

You receive a low mark on your English essay. What is the most resilient response?

• Decide you are not good at English and stop trying.

• Read the teacher’s feedback and use it to improve next time.

• Blame your classmates for distracting you.

• Complain that the marking was unfair.

You have a big art project due in two weeks. How can you show independence?

• Wait until the last minute and rush it.

• Plan your time and work on it a little each day.

• Only work when your teacher tells you to.

• Copy someone else’s project.

During a group discussion, you disagree with someone’s idea. What is the best collaborative behaviour?

• Ignore their idea and talk over them.

• Listen carefully and explain your point of view politely.

• Laugh at their suggestion.

• Refuse to work with them.

You are feeling upset because you made a mistake in your science experiment. What is the best way to self-regulate?

• Take a short break and return when you feel calmer.

• Cry and refuse to continue.

• Blame your partner for the mistake.

• Leave the classroom without permission.

• Wait for the teacher to give you the answer.

• Try to solve it yourself using what you have learnt.

• Copy the answer from a friend.

• Leave it blank.