Given research over the last several decades, one thing that is clear about learning is that people, including students, of course, who think they can improve their ability to learn achieve better grades and success in other areas of their lives. On the other hand, people who think their ability to learn is just something they are born with, that they can’t help, do less well.

Thinking — really believing — that you can improve your ability to learn has come to be known as a Growth Mindset, while thinking you are simply stuck with what you were born with is called a Fixed Mindset.

So, for this assignment, I would like for you to read through the attached brief slideshow, take the little quiz that’s in there, and write a brief reflection on what you read and did. You will not be graded on the quiz. It’s just a way for you to find out for yourself if you have more of a Growth or Fixed Mindset currently. Over the semester, as I said, we’ll do just a couple of things that may help build that Growth Mindset.

Your Reflection should be written, as with everything in this class, in MLA format, with Times New Roman font, 12 point, double-spaced, and an appropriate MLA heading. For this assignment I don’t expect there will be a “Works Cited” page, so that won’t be a worry. However, if you do use any other material you should, of course, cite it in an appropriate works cited page.