Academic Mindset Cycle
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- Have a GREAT day!
- Welcome Everyone! So happy to see you today!
- Mistakes Grow Your Brain
- Reach for the Stars
- 1. Academic MindsetStudent begins with the belief that learning is relevant and worth paying attention to
- Later...after watching a cool video on the Rhinoceros skeletons found in Nebraska...
- Have you ever found something buried, that you weren't expecting, while playing in the sandbox at recess? What kind of things have you found?
- 2. EngagementAttention is captured by positive emotion, physical energy, curiosity or a puzzle signaling the brain to engage.
- Well - today is the beginning of a mystery that will require your science minds to solve.Let's start by seeing what some adults found after digging into a mountain slope in Nebraska!
- 3. EffortEngagement gives way to assessing, managing and regulating mental energy needed to complete the task, understand the concept, or solve the puzzle.
- Find a comfortable spot and work with a partner or in a small group to brainstorm what you know and what you wonder. I can't wait to hear what you are all wondering!
- 4. Taks Performance:Student applies various cognitive routines to complete the task.
- KWL
- Let's come back together and share our thinking. If another group has an idea you really like, feel free to add it to your group's Know/Wonder/Learned chart.
- KWL Chart
- 5. Feedback on Progress: Self-assessment and external feedback help brain adjust misconceptions or revise the task. Deepens learning, builds sense of accomplishment, strengthens academic mindset
- Great work today! I love how so many of you added to your KWL charts during the class discussion. You have great science minds! Tomorrow we will continue looking for clues to help us figure out the mystery of Rhinos in Nebraska!
- KWL Chart
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