Academic Success II
Mr. Strodtman
5th Grade Guidance
Academic Self-Concept
• The 1st Big Idea:
• Your beliefs about your own intelligence are the
most important influence on how successful you
are in school.
• Specifically, the Fixed Mindset says that you are
just stuck with whatever skills you have and stuck
without the ones you don’t.
• The Growth Mindset says no matter how smart
you are right now, you can always become a great
deal smarter, and that happens by…
Academic Self-Concept
• The 2nd Big Idea:
• Your brain is like a muscle. The more you use
it, the stronger it gets.
Your brain is like a muscle
Hint: Big Idea #1
Brainteaser challenge!