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