constructs in engineering, and they operate as gatekeepers forwho participates and who is recognized as “capable” in engineering education. This tool (seeFigure 1) can be used in an exercise of self-reflection around one’s own beliefs about therelationship between intelligence and smartness.An understanding of how intelligence and smartness are constructed as well as active reflection onour own view(s) of the relationship between these two constructs can help us better understandhow we are active participants in processes that either validate or invalidate students’ abilities, inour own practice as educators. This is of vital importance because of the implications that theexclusionary nature of smartness and intelligence can have for students