English. Ask yourself: How confident am I that I can do this?

This quote is inspired by a passage from Chapter 2 of Laura Ritchie's book, Fostering Self-Efficacy in Higher Education Students (2015).

Ask yourself: How confident am I that I can do this?

(The image is from cheezburger.)

English. Stay creative: get away from the computer.

Today's cat was inspired by the "Stay Creative" graphic below. The image is from cheezburger. Here are some more Stay-Creative Cats.

Stay creative: get away from the computer.

This great graphic is designed by Islam Abudaoud. You can see the full-size infographic here, and it's also been made into a Vimeo video!

Multiple Intelligences

Some of you may have encountered the work of Howard Gardner and his theory of "multiple intelligences." You can learn about multiple intelligences from the infographic and/or from the video which you will find at the bottom of this post, both by Marek Bennett. I really like this approach as a way to think about the different talents you can grow if you work on them: there are so many skills you can grow if you take the time to practice and improve!

I've also created a series of cats to illustrate the intelligences; here they are as a Flickr slideshow:

English. Use your brain: care for a creature!

This is the 29th in a series of cats to illustrate Howard Gardner's theory of "multiple intelligences," which is a very important concept for growth mindset: you can grow ALL those intelligences... just use your brain! You can find out more at Wikipedia or by consulting the infographic and video at the bottom of this post. This is another example of naturalist intelligence.

Use your brain: care for a creature!

Image is at cheezburger.

Both the infographic and video are by Marek Bennett:

English. Use your brain: connect to living things!

This is the 28th in a series of cats to illustrate Howard Gardner's theory of "multiple intelligences," which is a very important concept for growth mindset: you can grow ALL those intelligences... just use your brain! You can find out more at Wikipedia or by consulting the infographic and video at the bottom of this post. I've now moved on to the last category, one that Gardner added in a later iteration of his original theory: naturalist intelligence.

Use your brain: connect to living things!

Image is at cheezburger.

Both the infographic and video are by Marek Bennett: