Dr. Jeanne L. Paynter 

Why do some learners have negative mindsets about their aptitude for persistence? 

Traumatic experiences are likely to result in wrong “cause and effect” stories our mind forms about our persistence, such as: I’m helpless, hesitant, unsure, disconnected, unmotivated, aimless...

So far, we’ve explored the importance of explicitly teaching the concept and attributes of logical reasoning as an aptitude that innovators use in the convergent (focused) stages of creative problem solving (Teaching Tip 1).  We’ve seen how we can make it an instructional goal that focuses students ...