Where the Learning Takes Place
Presented by Christie Vincent
Mindset #7 Learning Occurs at the Point of Challenge
My Journey
Long Lasting Learning
My Most Helpful Resources…
Mindset #7 Learning Occurs at the Point of Challenge
Thinking Routines
Then the deeper, meaningful conversations in the classroom started…
The Essence
Finding that point of challenge is key to creating a flow state in which we feel totally immersed, energized, and focused.
-Ron Ritchhart
Teaching Students Language and Giving Them Opportunities to Develop a Growth Mindset
Recognizing and Teaching the Point of Challenge
Where were you stretched in your learning?
Where did you push yourself?
Where did you get stuck? How did you get unstuck?
Mistakes are Lessons
Students Feel Valued
Collaborative
Culture that Promotes Challenge
The Struggle
Some of the highest-achieving people in the world are those who have struggled the most. Simply put: if we are not struggling, we are not learning.
-Ron Ritchhart
Take a few minutes to think of a point of challenge currently in your life and discuss it with your group and discuss how it makes you feel.
Different Struggles/Learning Opportunities Same Enviornmet
A zookeeper has 13 sticks of bamboo to feed 2 pandas. How much bamboo can each panda get if the bamboo is shared equally among the pandas?
Slow Revel Graphs and Opportunity Have a Point of Challenge for all Learners
I Used to Think…Now I Think…
I used to think finding the point of challenge for each of my students was very difficult. Now I think if given the appropriate opportunities students can not only discover their own points of challenge but they can explain them.