Personality types
The Perfectionist
Needs to get everything done and perfect
Hates to make a mistake. Its the end of the world
like Erik not writing a number coorrectlyly
We hate to make mistakes too
Lots of writers get tstuck becacause they want to edit and write at the same time. One and one
Teach about mindest
fixed mindest
believes that you are as smart as you're ever going to be
won't put in extra effort because what's the use, you'll never get it
Believes strongly in IQ
IQ was a measure to judge how well the Paris school system was serving kids. Never meant to be a measure of innate intelligence
growth mindset
thinks of intelligence as a muscle;: the more you work it, the more it improves
Kids with growth mindset are see to work harder to accomplish goals
If a flower isn't growing, you change the environment you don't blame it on the flower.
Emotional and Tired
Gets it done regardless of quality
So tired and sometimes doesn't believe the effort is worth it
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Work on mindset with this one too
After school activities causing burnout
Maybe the kid is overscheduled
Kendra who says if he's mad and tired, he works mad and tired
Try to leave a bit of time between school and homework
Dr. Lisa Bravo. Some kids just need to move and run. Give them unstructured time and let them move their bodies any way they wish when they get home/
For kids who get easily overwhelmed and distracted
Help them break the homework into really small chunks. We'll go over this strategy more in the next chapter when we talk about using a timer and other methods to make homework seem easier.
Oblivious Dreamer
Who cares about homework? Your kid would rather be playing or doing absolutely anything else.
threat of missing assigments mean nothing to her
Power of choices over homework environment when and where
Good for most kids but especially helpful for the dreamer
headphones and Amanda R
choice of where to do homework
choice of when to do homework