Objective: Students will become aware of their strengths so they can learn to use them to support weaker skills.

Instruction: a) Build confidence and ease in using strengths to solve problems. Read with your student the Mindprint primer that corresponds with his or her Mindprint strengths to find ways to apply their strong skills. b) Offer positive feedback on how the student has used a strength successfully and resulted in a good outcome. Help the student become aware of how he is using his strengths while he works. While solving a math problem, you might ask, "Why did you choose that strategy...?" "Why do you think it worked?" "Where else could you use that skill?" c) When ready, try a similar approach in an area where the child has difficulty. Choose a specific strategy to suggest to the student. Reflect back to, "Remember when we did the math problem. You tried it that way. Maybe we can do the same thing here..."

OER Resource: Metacognition (Digital Promise Learner Variability Project)