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Include students in the design of what/how their performance is evaluated

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Get to know my students! Know their interests! Include those interests in our lessons! Include them in the lesson planning, whether that's asking them what they'd like to learn, using diagnostic assessments to gauge their levels, etc.

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Child and Adolescent Development for Educators, by McCormick and Scherer

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I am forever on the way

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Give students ability to revise, show students evidence in their own work.

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Growth mindsets / dynamic learning is fantastic, however it's very hard to accomplish within our current educational system. The entire nature of grades is transactional, and students have learned that they only need to do the bare minimum to "get an A" which makes it difficult for them to transition out of that mindset.

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provide a path to learning that's sensitive to students' developmental stages.

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Find out what the mindsets of my students are early in the school year.

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There is a great quote by Michael Jordan about owing his success to all the times he was willing to try and fail. Don't recall the exact words but it can be found online

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"because middle schoolers aren't sure what to make of their growing awareness that heretofore-infallible adults can be wrong or hypocritical, they gravitate toward adults whose words match their actions."

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Create a culture of curiosity and you don't need carrots and sticks.

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Let students revise assignments to improve their scores

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Identify the mindset students come into class with, and introduce the other. The fixed mindset has it's issues, but students can be more comfortable with meeting the expectations for themselves. Dynamic mindsets are great for growth, but set an ever-moving finish line. Combining the two is the better course, giving students the ability to accept where they are while continuing to grow.

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plan with students and be flexible with lesson planning to make changes for students!

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Teachers will say things like:
"I dont want to sound like my parents/old teachers but, are kids really just more lazy now?"

"Whats wrong with them?"

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My guess is that for any given assignment or project, at least a few students will not be motivated.  How high can you get motivation/what is a good goal?  95%? 98%?

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“Without the backstory, learners are trapped behind walls of indifference.”

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Growth mindset can be helpful but if a student is prevented from learning by an outside force such as systemic racism then growth mindset can become an excuse (they don't have a growth mindset)

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That the dynamic mindset is always the best.

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teachers assume that kids are really just not as "into it" as they were at that age

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Students struggle with finding motivation to complete school tasks.

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Developmentally appropriate tasks are important to motivation. Having adolescents work in groups is one way of increasing motivation

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Students want to learn what you are trying to teach them. If they are not motivated it is because something is blocking or preventing them from being engaged

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That adults think kids are lazy.

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AMLE believes that the true middle school is one that has been planned and organized to address the developmental and cultural needs of students of ages 10 to 14, generally including grades 5-8. We articulate this middle school model through the publication of our landmark position paper, The Successful Middle School: This We Believe , now in its fifth edition.