1. New Skill Practice Reflection: Reflect on a time you used self-validation outside of class in the past week, Write a 1 page reflection responding to the following prompts (1 page double spaced).
Describe how you practiced self-validation when you experienced a difficult situation during the past week. What thoughts and emotions did you observe yourself having in this situation? How did your environment (e.g. the people around you) validate or invalidate your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors? How did that make you feel?
How did you validate your own thoughts, emotions, and actions in the moment? How did practicing self-validation change how you felt about the situation? Did it change your outcome at all? What successes and challenges did you have in acknowledging the validity of your thoughts, emotions, and actions in a challenging situation?
2. Positive Action Planning for the Week: Develop a positive action plan for increasing your practice of growth mindset this week. Complete the following sentence stems to create a plan to take positive action towards expanding your growth mindset this week. You may copy and paste the sentence stems and/or table below to complete your plan.
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POSITIVE ACTION PLANNING
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One thing I can get excited about in terms of using a growth mindset this week is…
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A stressful situation that may occur that could keep me from using a growth mindset this week is…
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I commit to doing this action plan to demonstrate personal growth in using growth mindset this week:
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I will use the following skills to assist me in completing this action plan:
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This action plan relates to my goals and values because…
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I will know that my action plan was effective at the end of the week if…
3. Class Activity Reflection: Reflect on your practice of expanding your growth mindset during quiz section this week and complete the following extension activity. Your response for this section should be about 1.5 page double spaced.
Quiz Section Activity (Growth Mindset Hot Seat
Actions
): Describe the situation you struggled with having a fixed mindset during the past week that you shared with your group and write a ¾ page reflection addressing the following prompts:
In this situation, what was your fixed mindset reaction? What unhelpful “fixed mindset” thoughts did you have?
How did you change those unhelpful fixed mindset thoughts to more helpful “growth mindset” thoughts? What 215/216 skills helped you change your fixed mindset thoughts into growth mindset thoughts (e.g. cognitive restructuring, positive self-talk, self-validation, “nonjudgmentally”)?
How did changing your fixed mindset thoughts to growth mindset thoughts change how you felt about the situation or change the outcome? What successes and challenges did you have in making this shift?
Extension Activity (Mistake Reflection
Actions
): Think about a mistake you made in the last couple of weeks. Use the Mistake Reflection activity
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to reflect on how you slipped into responding with a fixed mindset and how you might reframe your thoughts to reflect a growth mindset. Complete the extension activity on your own (attached) and write a 3/4 page summary addressing the following prompt:
How did you respond to your mistake with a fixed mindset?
How did you use your skills (e.g. cognitive restructuring, positive self-talk, self-validation, “nonjudgmentally”) to cultivate a growth mindset?
How do you think using a growth mindset could help respond to your mistake more effectively?
4. Gratitude Post: Write a half a page about something that happened this week that you are grateful for.
5. Reading/Lecture Reflection: Reflect on the previous lecture and the assigned readings for next week and/or the associated videos. Respond to the following prompts in a half page.
What is one thing that resonated with you class on Wednesday, particularly from the lecture material? What do you still have questions about (if anything)?
Identify one way you can see the content in the readings for next week’s lecture helping you going forward.
GRADING STANDARDS
Your post is worth a possible 10 points. To receive the full 10 points for this post, you must respond to all sections of reflection the page requirements, totaling around 3-4 double-spaced pages. You should address the prompts holistically, using them as guides to meet the page requirements. Be honest; part of the goal of these posts is to have an opportunity to receive feedback and support from the TAs, who have experience with using these skills and coaching on the use of them. Your grade is NOT based on how “well” you used the skills, but rather on how much we can see you reflected on the skills/content and have thought about how it applies to your life. Incomplete or late responses will be docked points.
Reading: https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register
Required video: https://www.viacharacter.org/resources/videos/the-science-of-character
