Download Malleable Intelligence

Catalyst:
• On the same sheet of paper as
yesterday, write your own definition
for the word “intelligence.”
• Are you intelligent?
• How do you know?
Agenda:
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Malleable Intelligence
M.I. Practice
Learning Styles
Grade Folders
Malleable Intelligence
Myth or Fact?
• You are born with a certain amount of
intelligence, and cannot change how
smart you are.
MYTH
• You may not know it, but YOUR
BRAIN GROWS WITH PRACTICE,
just like a muscle.
Myth or Fact?
• Humans use less than 10% of their
brains.
MYTH
• "We are making use of
only a small part of our
possible mental and
physical resources”
-Albert Einstein
Myth or Fact?
• Your brain is fully developed.
MYTH
• You’re brain grows the most during
infancy, but undergoes significant
growth and restructuring during
adolescent years.
Read: your brain is changing a lot right now.
• What does a brain look
like anyway?
This is a human brain
Neurons
•The brain is made up of
special brain cells called
neurons
We are born with
~100,000,000,000 neurons
That means there are more cells in your brain
than there are people on this planet!!!
The interconnected brain
• Any process in your brain requires
many neurons working together
Neural Networks
• The first time two
neurons “talk”, they
have a slow
connection
• Repeated “talking”
makes connections
stronger and grows
more connections
• Using the same
neurons together
over and over
makes the
connection faster,
and increases brain
size!
Making new Connections
• Learning: create new relationships
between neurons
• Remembering: strengthen the
connections between neurons
“Amateurs practice until
they get it right. Experts
practice until they cannot
get it wrong.”
What does this look like?
People learn different ways
How do you learn?
• On your sheet of paper, make a table
that looks like this:
V
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Totals
A
K
1. When you spell:
• Do you try to see the word? (V)
• Do you sound out the word? (A)
• Do you write the word down to find if
it feels right? (K)
2. When you talk:
• Do you talk little and dislike listening
for too long? (V)
• Do you enjoy listening but are
impatient to talk? (A)
• Do you gesture and use expressive
movements? (K)
3. When you concentrate:
• Do you become distracted by
untidiness or movement? (V)
• Do you become distracted by sounds
or noises? (A)
• Do you become distracted by activity
around you? (K)
4. When you meet someone
again:
• Do you forget names but remember
faces or where you met? (V)
• Do you forget faces but remember
names or what you talked about? (A)
• Do you remember best what you did
together? (K)
5. When you do something
new:
• Do you like to see demonstrations,
diagrams, slides, or posters? (V)
• Do you prefer verbal instructions or
talking about it with someone else?(A)
• Do you ignore directions and figure it
out as you go along? (K)
• Mostly Vs = visual learner
• Mostly As = auditory learner
• Mostly Ks = kinesthetic learner
Summary
“People are, to a large extent, in charge
of their own intelligence. Being smart
- and staying smart - is not just a
gift, not just a product of their
genetic good fortune. It is very much
a product of what they put into it.”
-Carol S. Dweck
Reflection
• Look back at what you wrote at the
beginning of class. What would you change
now?
Reminders & Rest of Period
• Label your graded work folder with your
first & last name.
• Freshman Mixer on Friday
• ScienceSpace profile due Monday
• Syllabus/Contract signed due Monday