In this project, students studied the growth mindset. After an introduction to the topic, the class read "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. The classroom teacher created two charts to use throughout the lesson. The first contained common words and phrases that could indicate either a growth or fixed mindset. The second contained different ways to use effective effort if one should get stuck in a fixed mindset.
For the next part of the project, students were put into groups of three. Each group was assigned a book in which the protagonist used effective effort to get out of a fixed mindset. Students used an iPad app called Explain Everything, which is a slide-based app that allows users to easily manipulate many different kinds of media and record the visuals with narration. Students photographed pages and underlined, circled, or used arrows to point out words, phrases, and expressions that indicate fixed and growth mindsets. Students then photographed each type of effective effort on the chart that the protagonist used to persevere.
