Critical Periods: Midterm Reset
Domains: Mindsets
Tags: Growth Mindset
To develop students’ growth mindset using a writing activity as the tool.
Students will explore their beliefs and motivations around learning and succeeding in AP coursework through a reading and writing activity.
Conduct activity during the beginning of the course, ideally in the first or second week.
Follow detailed instructions linked in the document below.
Growth Mindset Writing Activity
Student Agency Improvement Community. (2016) Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
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