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CHECK YOUR MINDSET
Mindset
A fixed mental attitude that predetermines a person’s responses to situations.
The following six statements make up a mindset that will help you to be successful in school.
1. I deserve to be successful.
Success is not in short supply. All of us have the opportunity to be successful.
2. I am intelligent enough to master my courses. Intelligence is a combination of
natural ability plus the effects of previous learning and practice.
People who have practiced a lot in a subject appear to be more intelligent.
Your intelligence is very likely more than adequate. You are simply lacking the practice time required to appear as intelligent as some others do.
3. I am an individual with my own learning rates. The rate at which you learn one
subject may differ from the rate at which you learn another.
Your rate might be faster or slower than others learning the same subject.
It doesn’t mean that you or they are more intelligent- it just means that you each have your own learning rate in each area.
4. I am responsible for my own education. You are in control- not your
parents or teachers. If you are dissatisfied with how
your education is going, you can change what you are doing.
You can’t control what others do, but you can control what you do!
I can achieve success by:
Planning Preparing Practicing to mastery Getting prompt feedback
6. I can make tomorrow’s assignment easier. Some students seem to get A’s without
even trying. Generally, they are the ones who spent
time mastering the prerequisites, or early lessons in the subject.
Learning is cumulative. It may take others more or less time
than you to master a subject. What matters is doing what helps YOU to
succeed!
Six statements of the mindset. 1. I deserve to be successful. 2. I am intelligent enough to master
my courses. 3. I am an individual with my own
learning rates. 4. I am responsible for my own
education. 5. I can achieve success by:
planning, preparing, practicing to mastery, and getting prompt feedback.
6. I can make tomorrow’s assignment easier.
