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Secondary Outreach
Activity 5: Mindsets
Mindsets
Draw an arrow between the statements below and the mindset it is most suited to.
Activity 4: Mindsets Talk learners through the reason why the students react in different way using the information on the PowerPoint slide. Note that it’s possible to have a mixture of both mindsets, and to have different mindsets about different things.
Time: 3 mins Activity 5: Mindsets The next page provides example of attitudes that are associated with each mindset. Print the worksheet and ask learners to draw lines between the statements to the mindset it is most suited to. Allow learners to complete activity before presenting the PowerPoint slide, as this has the answers on. The slides then contain extra statements which can be shown, discussed and voted on as a class.
Time: 10 mins
Avoids things that might be hard.
Finds inspiration in others’ successes.
Doesn’t find feedback or criticism useful.
Learns from setbacks. When it’s difficult, I know that I’m learning something. Sees the benefit of challenges.
Growth mindset
Fixed mindset
Sees that putting in effort is needed to progress. Doesn’t see the point of putting in effort.
I can’t do this. I give up.
Why should I bother? This feedback just means that I’m rubbish.
Finds success of others off-putting.
It’s great to see my friend improve. It inspires me to try!
It’s ok to make mistakes because I can learn.
Everyone else is so much better at this than me. I shouldn’t try.