Saturday 20 May 2017

Growth Mindset Timeline


Monday 1/5

When I did the survey, I was questioning whether I answered truthfully and not just because I don't want the result to show I have a fixed mindset. During the survey, I felt it was very repetitive because the question were very similar to each other and hardly ever changed. I never really answered any question with a strongly disagree or agree, it was either disagree or agree.

Reading short articles regarding a growth mindset has led me to realise that we keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, will eventually lead to setbacks and errors. These mistakes should drive us to continue down new paths.

https://mindsetonline.com/testyourmindset/results.php 
The questions I used to evaluate my mindset can be seen here

Tuesday 2/5

After receiving the feedback, I was expecting the responses to be majority on the mixed mindset but surprisingly it was on a growth mindset. This was surprising because I would sometime display behaviours or say something that is of a fixed mindset. This changed how I actually  perceive myself in front of myself.



The questions I gave out to friends and family to evaluate my mindset can be seen here



Wednesday 3/5

Watching the video made me feel like that my mindset has expanded. It felt like a motivation video that broadened my way of thinking and my behaviour responses towards struggles. Hard work and struggle is part of our life and must learn to embrace since it helps us develop our growth mindset.



Friday 5/5

During work, nothing really special happened. No complaints, no criticism, no problems. I just breezed through my shift like usual and finished up nicely. This includes interactions with other co-workers and superiors.


Sunday 7/5

When reflecting my past actions during the week, I was not really bothered to do it due to the fact that my family and I went out for the whole day and didn't come back till late at night. I was really tired and had an early start for uni the next day.


Tuesday 9/5
When doing the worksheet, it displayed how important it is to reflect previous mistakes because it helps develop a growth mindset.

Thursday 11/5

When I was reading  Schmidt, Shumow ...'s article it made me discover just how big structural factors impact the learning capabilities of student. It made me reflect whether I was affected by such factor when I was growing up.


Friday 12/5

When doing this activity it reminded me how a growth mindset is important for managers because not only will it improve your performance in your occupation but also encouraging a growth mindset environment will also enhance the workers efficiency and productivity


Monday 15/5

Since i got caught up with doing other assignments i couldn't really do any of the activities for the day

Thursday 18/5

With all the assignments being due this week, i had to priorities them over the growth mindset activities







Wednesday 27 February 2013

How do different brands of Popcorn differ in their popping rate.

Investigation- Difference between Popcorn's popping rate


Equipment
  • Popcorn Maker(Air popper) x1
  • Different brands of popcorn x4
  • Tablespoon x1
  • Bowl x3
  • Stopwatch x1
  • Book x1
  • Pen x1
  • Phone x1



Brand A




Brand B



Brand C













I did some research on the internet and I found some variables to put into my experiment and they are:

  • Independent Variable- The Brands of the Popcorn
  • Dependent Variable- Popping rate of the popcorns measured in second
Controlled Variable:
Popcorn Maker (The temperature of kernels being cooked)
The amount of kernels being put in the Popcorn Maker (1 tablespoon)


How I got my ideas?
I got my  ideas from the suggestion provided in the booklet

Problems
The main problem that occurred for me was that, one of my popcorn brands was used as a snack for a movie just before the experiment was performed.



What was I thinking?
Whether to get kernels or the packaged version?
Should I cook it by microwave or  by the Popcorn maker?
Should I let it cool down before doing trials and make it fair?
What will i do with the popcorn after the Experiment?



23/2 Saturday- I bought 4 different types of popcorn brands (Poppin, Black and Gold, Riveana and Popcorn King). I bought them in kernels instead of the microwavable packaged version and I'm planning to cook it by a popcorn maker rather than a microwave. (I'll upload pictures later)

My hypothesis is that they will pop the pop at the same rate because they are all corn seeds


24/3 Sunday just before i did my experiment, my family decides to eat one of the popcorn brands i planned on testing on, leaving me to only have 3 left for the experiment. I performed the experiment and i will write the results in the booklet. I finished the booklet and read it thoroughly and I plan on putting it on Word Document during the weekdays.



Attempt #1                           Measurements for each pop measured in Seconds
Brand
1st Pop
2nd Pop
3rd Pop
4th Pop
5th Pop
6th Pop
7th Pop
8th Pop
9th Pop
10th Pop
Total (Minutes)
Average  (Minutes
Riaveana
52
54
57
59
60
62
65
66
68
69
10 mins 12 sec
1:01 Mins
Black And Gold
53
56
58    
61
63
66
67
69
70
71
10 mins 34 sec
1:03 Mins
Poppin
50
52
55
57
59
60
62
65
68
69
9 mins  57 sec
0.59 Mins





Attempt #2               Measurements for each pop measured in seconds
Brand
1st Pop
2nd Pop
3rd Pop
4th Pop
5th Pop
6th Pop
7th Pop
8th Pop
9th Pop
10th Pop
Total (Minutes)
Average  (Minutes
Riaveana
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
67
68
69
10 mins 10sec
1:01 Mins
Black And Gold
53
55
58
60
63
65
67
69
71
72
10 mins 33sec
1:03 Mins
Poppin
51
53
55
57
59
60
62
64
65
66
9 mins  52 sec
0.59 Mins



Through my research, I have found that different popcorn brands differ in popcorn rate because



Brand A (Riaveana after experiment)











Brand B (Black and Gold after experiment)



















Brand C (Poppin After Experiment)