The Anglo-American School of St. Petersburg

empowers each student to:

- Respect self and others

- Love learning, and

- Contribute as a globally aware citizen

in order to achieve individual academic and

holistic excellence.

Carol Dweck Ph.D., Stanford University

Mindset = your beliefs about your basic abilities

mindset website

“Practice makes perfect.”

What kind of practice?

“Deep Practice”

Daniel Coyle

The Talent Code

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY7QNxXbziA

Deep practice:

1) Look at the task as a whole

2) Divide it into its smallest possible chunks

3) Put the pieces back together

4) Repeat

At Home● turn it into a game

“if it can be counted, it can be turned into a game”

● practice vs. progress

“never mistake mere activity for accomplishment”

● 5 min a day vs. two times a week

“practice on the days you eat”

At Home:

“end each practice on a positive note”

“don’t waste time breaking bad habits - instead, build new ones “

“stare at who you want to become”

“buy a notebook: results from today; ideas for tomorrow; goals for next week”

At Home:

“positive framing”

center the stroke vs. don’t pull this putt to the left

“professional athletes are professional nappers”

90 min naps ---> 10% gain

Purposeful PracticeMatthew Syed

Bounce

Intentional Practiceby Jonathan Harnum, PhD

The Practice of Practice

Deep PracticeDaniel Coyle

The Talent Code

Deliberate PracticeAnders Ericsson

10,000 hour rule