Assignment:
After reading Ormrod and the article entitled Raising Smart Kids respond to the following:
1. Which of the theoretical perspectives on intelligence described in Ormrod, could you relate to and why?
2. What recommendations about nurturing students' intellectual growth and interpreting their performance on intelligence tests described in Ormrod, did you find most useful? Why?
3. What did you learn from the article Raising Smart Kids about mindsets and their impact on learning?
4. What can teachers do to promote a growth mindset?
Readings:
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids Hint: Don't tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort-not on intelligence or ability- is key to success in school and in life
By Carol S. Dweck