You are helping out in a middle school classroom. One of the students in the class is finding a math worksheet challenging, and while working on it with you, he says, “I’m just not very smart.” Consider your newfound scientific understanding of thinking

You are helping out in a middle school classroom. One of the students in the class is finding a math worksheet challenging, and while working on it with you, he says, “I’m just not very smart.” Consider your newfound scientific understanding of thinking and intelligence. Choose one topic from among the following: the availability heuristic, multiple intelligences, or attitudes about intelligence (or, for that matter, anything else covered in this chapter). How can you draw upon this concept to formulate a response to the student that will better position him for eventual academic success?

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