Reflection Journal #2: Growth Mindset (ELR 045) Reflection is an essential part of the learning process. It encourages us to become more self-aware about our knowledge or lack of it; it helps us remember what we

Part A

Reflection Journal #2: Growth Mindset (ELR 045)

Reflection is an essential part of the learning process. It encourages us to become more self-aware about our knowledge or lack of it; it helps us remember what we have learned so we can make improvements. When we reflect, it allows us to see our growth and check our progress, which can lead to a sense of accomplishment. The journey through reflection helps to make evident what is needed to continue to grow and learn.

Reflective Writing Tips

Assignment Focus:

What is your mindset? How can you put that knowledge to use in this class?

Instructions:

Step 1. Self-Assessment: What is your current mindset?

Now that you have learned what a growth mindset and a fixed mindset are, take one of these online quizzes:

• at https://www.idrlabs.com/growth-mindset-fixed-mindset/test.php (move the slider to answer each question, then click Next)
• or https://biglifejournal.com/blogs/blog/fixed-mindset-vs-growth-mindset-quiz
• or https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/women/mindset-quiz.pdf

to determine your current mindset.

Take a screenshot or an image of the results and upload it here to receive credit. 

Step 2. Write and Reflect: How can you use a growth mindset in this course?

Write (in a Microsoft Word document using MLA layout) and submit a four-sentence paragraph that has a very specific structure using what you have learned by watching the videos, taking the self-assessment and quiz, and reading the articles about growth mindset; summarize and show critical thinking and comprehension skills about what you have read, seen, and heard about growth mindset.

Sentence 1: Give a short definition of a growth mindset. Use your own words. Do not copy it from anywhere.

Sentence 2: What mindset do you currently have?

Sentence 3: Give an example of something you have said or done that gives evidence of the mindset you claimed in Sentence 2.

Sentence 4: Describe one thing that you can do this semester to show growth, no matter which mindset you currently have. Use one of these suggestions from https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/general/develop-growth-mindset to help guide your ideas.

Part B (111)

How to Complete This Assignment

This assignment ensures you understand Forsyth Tech’s plagiarism guidelines and our specific course policy on responsible use of AI tools. Your answers will help you apply these expectations to your own work in this class.

Assignment Instructions

Step 1: Review the resources below:

• Plagiarism Resources
• Using AI Tools Effectively and Responsibly: https://libguides.adelaide.edu.au/c.php?g=959585&p=6965069
• Composing and Revising Section C1-A of A Pocket Style Manual

C1-a Build your academic intelligence.

Step 2: Review the English department's AI policy located in the syllabus and at the top of the Content area of Blackboard. AI should not be used to write any part of this assignment -- I want your own thoughts.

Step 3: After reading the plagiarism resources, the AI usage resources, and our course AI policy, respond to the following prompts in your own words. The response to each question should be one to three sentences. Write in complete sentences in the text box. You do not need to use MLA format for this assignment.

1. In your own words, define plagiarism and then define improper or unacceptable AI usage.
2. Give one example of how you could use AI in this class that would follow our policy. Explain why it is acceptable.
3. Give one example of how a student might misuse AI in this class. Explain why it would be unacceptable.
4. Think of an assignment you have already completed or will complete soon in this class (for example, your Personal Introduction or Paper 1: Narrative). Explain one way plagiarism could occur on that assignment and how to avoid it.

Submission Instructions

Once you have completed the assignment in the text box, click the Submit button. 

Part C

How to Complete This Discussion

This discussion board helps your explore how your choice of topic, purpose, and audience can shape your writing style.

How we communicate in the classroom, work environment, at home, or on social media are often very different. The same goes for writing, your writing must fit the audience and intended purpose. In academic writing, your audience may be much different from you. They may have different values, beliefs, and life experiences that you must consider when writing to them.

In the reading, “Read the Room! Navigating Social Contexts and Written Texts” the authors indicate that “effective communication always requires contextual awareness. This is the social side of communication. In order to understand and be understood, one must learn to read the room” (Seely et al. 292). How will you “read the room” in your writing?

You may want to refer back to the following resources while completing this assignment:

Read the Room! Navigating Social Contexts and Written Texts

• The Rhetorical Situation Video: https://youtu.be/QE0thkr6GPA

1. Choose a Topic: Pick one from the list below:

• Pets
• Your least favorite person
• Your most annoying pet peeve
• Your most exciting outing/trip/night
• Your dream car/home
• An assignment extension
• Your favorite class
• Your career goal
• The most influential person in your life

2. Select a Purpose: Decide on your purpose for writing:

• To entertain
• To inform
• To persuade

3. Identify Your Audience: Choose who you are writing for:

• Parents
• Partner/Spouse
• Friend
• Instructor/Teacher
• A group of students
• Social media followers (specify the platform, e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, etc.)

4. Create a Label: In your Word document, follow the example below and type the following:

• Topic: [Your chosen topic]
• Purpose: [Your chosen purpose]
• Audience: [Your chosen audience]
• Example: Topic: My dream car, Purpose: To entertain, Audience: Best friend

5. Write Your 1st Paragraph:

• First Paragraph: Write 4-5 sentences about your topic for the audience you selected.

6. Create another Label and Write a second paragraph: Write another 4-5 sentences about the same topic, but change the audience and purpose.

7. Reflect on Your Writing: In one or two sentences, note one difference you noticed between the two paragraphs.

Part C (Bell)

500 words

Please select one specific phone for this exercise. For example, don't say you are considering buying an iPhone because there are many iPhones. Specify which exact iPhone model you are considering so that you can collect the information you need to make a reasoned judgment.

Also, you will not need to compare it to any other specific phones for this exercise. You should do this in the real-world, but this is just an exercise to see how well you understand the steps of the process of inquiry, so far. So, considering just one phone will suffice for our purposes.

We will be reviewing each of the steps in the process of inquiry in much more depth over the course of the semester. So, by the end of the semester, you should be able to see how much your critical thinking skills have grown by looking back on how you did on this assignment.

Answering parts of this question will require you to do research that is not simply your original ideas and common knowledge. So, you must provide both in-text citations and end references for all sources used, in MLA format. Please see the MLA section of the Purdue OWL website if you need information on how to cite properly in MLA format.

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_style_introduction.html 

Guidelines for discussion boards:

Initial posts:

• Good posts show good use of course content in crafting response to questions. Answers should show an awareness of course content in lectures and textbook pages.
• Good posts show a thoughtfulness toward the subject matter. Students strive to be clear and make solid connections between their own perspectives and the course content.
• Good posts correctly cite ALL course materials. For our textbook, please use MLA or APA citations (both in-text and bibliographic). For lectures or any other material posted, please add, “from the lecture/notes,” to your posts.
• Good posts have a good use of grammar and language mechanics.
• Good posts have at least 500 words for their answer.
• Include a full explanation of ideas from the text.
• Include an example of your idea, even if from experience
• Include a defense of your ideas that show your classmates why your ideas are strong and could be adopted by others