Artifact #4: Fieldwork Notes/Observations
Both Mindset Activity #1 and Mindset Activity #2 gave me good insights into my students' current mindsets. However, the conversations that arose during the activities made me wonder how honest students were being while completing the mindset activity. I overheard one of my 9th graders tell one of his classmates that certain statements better characterized him (referring to the fixed mindset statements), but he "knew what the right answers were" (referring to the growth mindset statements). Even when completing the mindset activity, students could not rid themselves of this preconceived notion that there is ALWAYS a "right" answer.
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