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It's no wonder that Carol Dweck's (world-renowned Stanford University psychologist) concept of a 'Growth Mindset' has become so popular in teaching over the past few years. The idea that your intelligence isn't fixed, is a powerful one.

But, what really is growth mindset? Why is it important? Is it of real value in the classroom? And, where can you explore it further?

What is growth mindset?

Growth mindset is the idea that your intelligence isn't fixed, and seeing challenge or difficulty as an opportunity to improve and learn. People who have adopted this way of thinking believe, not that they can't do something, but that they can't do something YET!

So, it's basically about getting pupils to believe in themselves, right? Wrong!

If anything, it's more about a teacher's own mindset, the expectations they have for their students, and the way in which they help them to develop an awareness and understanding of their thought processes, i.e. instill in their students a love of learning.

Why is growth mindset important for learners?

Dweck's findings suggest that students will learn more, as well as learn faster and more thoroughly with a growth mindset.

In her TED TALK, Dr Dweck explains a study where children were taught that, as they push to the edge of their comfort zone, their brains can form new stronger neural connections. Her studies showed significantly improved achievements in a wide range of age groups and settings, particularly disadvantaged students.

Can adopting a growth mindset be useful for teachers too?

Adopting a growth mindset isn't exclusively beneficial to students. Teachers also stand to gain a great deal, especially when it comes to professional development.

Some argue that it is the key to successful CPD, because CPD should be approached with the same attributes of a growth mindset; with hard work, a focus on improving and embracing failing as a chance to learn. If teachers do approach CPD this way, they're far more likely to improve than if they see professional learning as an obstacle, something to fear and avoid it.

Others, however, believe that it is more nuanced and not something you can just adopt. It needs to be embraced culturally in a school, rather than just by individuals.

5 attributes of a teacher with a growth mindset:

1. They take responsibility for improving their practice.

2. They see setbacks and feedback as an opportunity to learn and grow their skills.

3. They actively seek learning opportunities and new challenges.

4. They have positive and high expectations of their students.

5. They use growth mindset language when teaching and with themselves.

How to teach growth mindset in the classroom - is it even possible?

Despite its popularity, the concept has recently come under fire. In fact, efforts to replicate Dweck's work in the classroom have all but failed because, according to Dweck, you can't actually 'teach' growth mindset, it's more subtle than that.

Dweck insists that it is less about telling pupils what to think, and more about showing them.

"Growth mindset is about embodying it in all the everyday practices that educators do. Presenting material with students' understanding that you think they can all learn it to a high level. It's collaborating with students, and giving feedback to them on their learning processes. It's about helping children to relish challenges, because the challenges can help them grow their abilities."

So is there value in teaching the concept of growth mindset at all? Growth mindset may not need to be taught explicitly, but children of all ages can benefit from being taught the language of meta-cognition, which allows them to be aware of their own thoughts and of how they make decisions about their own learning and effort.

Making mindset learning effective

Developing a growth mindset is more effective when it's rooted in subject pedagogy and from a more stealthy approach. With that in mind, the following are worth considering in your classroom:

Think carefully about the language you use in every interaction with every student

Use the right kind of praise; praising children's intelligence harms their motivation and this ultimately harms their performance

Reward effort and what can be accomplished through study, practice, perseverance and good strategies

Set high standards; challenge students from the start

Allow students to learn from mistakes and develop perseverance and resilience, effectively engaging in deliberate practice

Use feedback effectively, signposting students to use the correct subject-specific learning strategies, then allow them time to act on this specific feedback

Coming back to your own growth mindset, a great starting point for this is to regularly and honestly reflect on your teaching and the effect it has on your students. A very effective way is by recording your lesson on video (e.g. with IRIS Connect). You can then watch back your lesson and look at it from a whole new perspective. Once you get over the initial awkward minutes of observing how you look and listening to the sound of your voice, you'll start to focus on the teaching and learning that's happening in your classroom. You can then critically analyse your practice and identify areas of improvement. You may even want to take it one step further and share the video with a colleague or coach for feedback and bring your own growth to a whole new level.

Where can you explore growth mindset further?

For more information and resources exploring growth mindset and what it looks like in the classroom, download our free guide to developing a growth mindset.

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Developing a Growth Mindset in Teachers and Staff

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Fostering a growth mindset in students is a priority for most educators, but sometimes teachers themselves operate with a fixed mindset.

Stanford University professor of psychology Carol Dweck, author of the very popular Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, made these terms part of our pedagogical vocabulary. Growth Mindset is the belief that one's abilities, qualities, and intelligence can be developed, while a fixed mindset believes that intelligence and one's qualities are unchangeable.

Who can't think of some stalwart teachers and administrators who refuse to change, are stuck in their practice, or reject new ideas? Just as we teach our students to continuously improve, grow, learn, and change, so must we as educators. Here are seven practices for you - and your colleagues - to create a schoolwide growth mindset this school year.

Practice #1: Never stop growing
"Undertake something that is difficult, it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." - Ronald E. Osborn
No matter how old you are and no matter how good you are at your job, it's important to never stop growing and learning. Even the best teachers are constantly on the hunt for new ideas, new methods, and new ways of thinking to best serve their students. Sure, it might be easier to rest on one's laurels - and those already-finished lesson plans - but just as we encourage students to always push their learning further, teachers must be continuous learners. In fact, it's human nature to learn.

"What on earth would make someone a non-learner?" asks Dweck. "Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Infants stretch their skills daily. Not just ordinary skills, but the most difficult tasks of a lifetime, like learning to walk and talk. They never decide it's too hard or not worth the effort. Babies don't worry about making mistakes or humiliating themselves. They walk, they fall, they get up." This year, show your students and coworkers that you are a lifelong learner. Study something along with your students. Try a new classroom technique. Read up on the latest research and stay hungry for knowledge.

Practice #2: Experiment and innovate
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." - Steve Jobs
Many schools are teaching students to be young innovators, makers, and design-thinkers in order to succeed in an evolving global economy. Therefore, shouldn't teachers be innovators too? There is no one perfect method for teaching, so educators should experiment and innovate to provide dynamic, authentic, and effective instruction. Innovation isn't just about technology. It can be about the processes and systems within a classroom, new student project ideas, programming adjustments, interdisciplinary work - the options are truly endless. It's easy to fall back on what's familiar, but that might not be what works best for today's modern students - or the exact students in front of you. Don't just follow the herd. Lead the charge and stay open to what's possible.
For more on this, check out: Get Hands-On in Professional Development - Maker-Style.
Practice #3: Ask questions
"Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, 'What else could this mean?'" ― Shannon L. Alder
Spend time with any toddler or kindergartner and you'll lose track of how many questions they ask in a day. Somewhere along the line, children lose that peak level of curiosity and wonder, coming to believe that one should only ask questions if they don't understand.

In recent years, classrooms across the nation have started integrating inquiry-based learning - posing problems, questions or scenarios and encouraging students to explore topics through deep questioning. Yet as adults, we may not apply the principles of inquiry to our own work or life.

What if teachers approached school-based problems and ideas through an inquiry lens? Imagine how much deeper we could dive and how much more creative our ideas would be. Learning a new technique or philosophy in PD? Use inquiry techniques and guide teachers to become questioners again. The more we question, the more we learn and grow.
"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." ― George Bernard Shaw
Practice #4: Be flexible
"Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind." - Philip Green
The push for teaching students 21st-century skills includes the call for learners to be adaptable and flexible collaborators. In schools, there's no room for obstinate thinkers - in the classroom or in the faculty room. Great things can be achieved when we let go of or stretch our rules, expectations, or boundaries, and include outside perspectives. In order to keep growing as teachers, we must be willing to adapt our practice to the needs and best interests of our students and find a way to include the input and contributions of our colleagues.

Practice #5: Learn new technology

On June 29, 2007, the first iPhone was released, changing our world forever. In just 11 years, technology has sprinted forward at breakneck speed. Laptops and devices fill our classrooms and seemingly everyone has a veritable computer in their hand in the form of a smartphone. Where will we be in another 11 years? What do students of the digital age need in order to be prepared for that future world? If we refuse to stay current with technology, we won't serve them well.

Can you think of a teacher who barely uses email or who says things like "I'm not good with technology?" It's true that there's so much to learn. It seems like it's all constantly shifting, but here's the reality: Educators don't have to be experts on all things technology - but we do have to keep up.

We teach kids new things all the time, so why can't we learn something new too? Just think how students feel when they're overwhelmed, uncomfortable, or feeling saturated during a lesson. Technology isn't slowing down and it's not going away, so we must continue to embrace a growth mindset - even if it's challenging - and continuously learn how to use, create, and integrate technology. If all else fails, ask the kids!

Practice #6: Truly listen

" When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." ― Ernest Hemingway
Read more about this: How To Transform the Leadership Office From a Complaint Department to a Solution Zone
Imagine a typical school staff meeting. A teacher is speaking about an idea and maybe you've tuned out or you're busy thinking about your response - or you're watching the clock and counting the minutes until lunch. How often to do you really, deeply listen to the contributions of others and take time to seriously consider what they've said before offering a response? Chances are, not very often.
"Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful." - Margaret J. Wheatley
We expect students to listen all day long, but how often do we do the same? When we slow down and authentically listen, we not only open our minds to new ideas but create a community of colleagues who feel heard and understood. The next time someone is speaking to you, try this: Do not interject. Do not consider a response. Don't let your eyes or mind wander. Just look and listen. The more we listen and collaborate with one another, the more we grow together.

Practice #7: Reflect, reflect, reflect
Jennifer Gunn spent 10 years in newspaper and magazine publishing before moving to public education. She is a curriculum designer, a teaching coach, and high school educator in New York City. She is also co-founder of the annual EDxEDNYC Education Conference for teacher-led innovation and regularly presents at conferences on the topics of adolescent literacy, leadership, and education innovation.
In order to continue to grow and improve, we must consistently take time to evaluate our work and analyze how we're doing. The school year is so busy and self-reflection is hard to prioritize. One solution is to build reflection activities into professional development or into teacher meetings to maintain a consistent and meaningful routine.

The brain can adapt and change - no matter how much you are set in your ways or glued to your habits. Hello, neuroplasticity! When you regularly examine your strengths, weaknesses, triumphs, failures, and goals, you have to continuously adjust, which ensures that you're on track with success in sight.

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How to Build a Growth Mindset for Teachers | Resilient Educator

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Fostering a growth mindset in students is a priority for most educators, but sometimes teachers themselves operate with a fixed mindset. Stanford University professor of psychology Carol Dweck, author of the very popular Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, made these terms part of our pedagogical vocabulary.

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Growth mindset is gaining increasing traction in education. However, it remains unfamiliar territory for educators. Many are left with the idea that it's a highly valuable outlook for learners to have, but with no idea how to teach it. So how do we cultivate growth mindset for teachers to pass on to their students?

What follows are some proactive measures you can take to adopt, model, and infuse the qualities of the growth mindset in your practice. Explore them gradually with learners, and encourage them to find out as much as they can on their own. You'll find these are strategies that will benefit both you and your learners. After all, as you teach, so do you learn.

Growth Mindset for Teachers: 9 Simple Approaches

1. Show the Value of Struggle

We've talked about useful failure before and its role in learning progress. It's only by recognizing mistakes as opportunities for improvement that we move past that momentary obsession with our failure. Carol Dweck, the godmother of the growth mindset, calls it dealing with "the tyranny of now."

Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, once advised that

"strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

It's essential for students to know that struggle and failure in and out of school isn't just a possibility, but an inevitability. It is how we persevere in the face of it that will define our success.

2. Encourage Learners to Adopt Mindset Language

Do you know what a "mind virus" is? The term features prominently in Richard Brodie's book Virus of the Mind.

A mind virus is a belief we have about ourselves that is deeply self-destructive.

It's ingrained in our subconscious through our experiences to the point where it has become a personal truth.

These mind viruses are a large part of what is the opposite of the growth mindset-a "fixed" mindset. The fixed mindset tells us our potential is limited, and we cannot change and grow in the ways we want because our intelligence is finite. Of course, none of this is true.

Transforming these beliefs, and thereby eradicating the mind viruses, begins with changing our language about ourselves.

Teaching students positive self-talk can be a powerful antidote to harmful mind viruses. Some of the most common ones our learners have are in this infographic below. Begin to consider how you can help them turn such statements around to develop better attitudes towards their self-worth and potential.

9 Common Student Mind Viruses

3. Focus on the Whole Journey

It's impossible to condense a learner's entire academic career in a single percentage or experience. For many years this was the norm in education.

More and more, however, we are choosing as educators to focus on the holistic journey a child takes through their formative years.

With that awareness comes gaining a much more accurate picture of their capabilities, and how we can encourage them to improve.

This is where formative assessmentcomes into the picture. Formative assessment is an assessment aslearning. In our book, Mindful Assessment , we suggested focusing on appraising the broader picture of a learner's journey, rather than simply part of it or the end of it. Doing this contributes to a higher level of nurturing their potential as they continue to learn:

"In practicing aikido, the sensei would never simply tell a student, "That was 74 percent." Instead, the sensei would watch mindfully and comment on what needs improvement, demonstrate it, and then provide the opportunity to improve."Similarly, a parent teaching a child to cook would never say, "That was 74 percent." Instead, like the sensei, the parent would watch, demonstrate, and allow the child a chance to get better. These acts of mindful nurturing and guidance are examples of natural learning, and we perform them instinctively."

4. Ask Learners What They Want to Learn

There's a lot to be said for involving students in every part of the learning journey. It can include something as simple as asking them what they want to learn. The rigorous curriculums we must follow as educators can leave many teachers feeling like there is little room for imagination or flexibility. But even if we can't deviate from it completely, we can still provide our learners with choices.

Providing options for the direction content will take help give students a sense of autonomy over their learning.

The more involved they are in plotting the course of their lessons collaboratively with you, the more likely they are to feel engaged in learning.

5. Play the Long Game

You'll find that most learners will not adopt a growth mindset right away. It takes time to develop and a singular focus to maintain. However, once it becomes second nature, the growth mindset is very empowering when it drives us to excel.

As you begin to work with theembedding the growth mindset principles in your practice, think ahead into the future.

Don't look for or expect immediate results.

After all, the growth mindset is a gift we give ourselves, and students have to learn to take the lead in their shift at some point. It may begin with something as simple as a learner solving a problem or suddenly understanding a concept they struggled with previously for a long time. It doesn't matter where the cultivation of growth mindset starts, so long as it begins someplace.

For many of your learners, also understand that the journey will be painful and perhaps even a little scary. If we're used to thinking a certain way, and most of that way has been debilitating to our growth, it can be a challenge to turn that thinking around. Some will resist, and others may reject it out of hand.

To lead students to discover the growth mindset in their way, you must be patient and stay the course.

The future rewards to your learners, and yourself, in adopting a growth mindset are immeasurable.

6. Explain the Benefits of What They're Doing

Students won't find relevance in learning a concept if they don't see how it can be useful to them.

Without connection through context and relevance, learning won't happen.

Part of the growth mindset comes from realizing how our personal growth relates directly to what we are learning in our studies.

The great thing about relevance is that we can provide it in several different ways. One of the best ways to do this is to connect students' learning directly to the world outside school.

Pro-tip: Check out this successful example we had with the first-ever Solution Fluency Thinkfest, held at Melrose High School in Canberra back in late 2016.

Four primary schools were asked to use Solution Fluency to research and develop a solution to the question,

"What is the most urgent problem in the world?"

They presented concerns about everything from animal cruelty to space pollution and showed us that they care deeply about topics that connect to the world in which they live.

When learners understand the benefits to themselves-and the world-of what they learn and how they can apply it, something magical happens.

They begin to see the truth of how meaningful learning carries into life beyond school and how it contributes to the holistic growth of a person.

Additionally, they discover how the education they devote their energies to can benefit both them and others when practically applied. That's the growth mindset in action.

7. Include Students in Learning Assessment

As bold as this idea may be for most educators, the truth is our students can benefit greatly from being involved in their assessments.

In his reportThe Student's Role in the Assessment Process, Richard Wells tells us that self-assessment "gives students ownership of their own learning and provides them with a means for evaluating their growth and setting goals for the future."

Independent goal setting and learning ownership are hallmarks of the growth mindset as it applies to learners.

Despite the trepidation we feel about it, students can play an incredibly valuable role in formative assessment applications. You'll often find that students are their own harshest critics, and can be far more discerning about their performance than any teacher. It can start as simple as having them co-construct success criteria along with you, or by practicing debrief sessions after lessons, as with Solution Fluency.

8. Cite Examples of Growth Mindset in Action

When exploring a concept like the growth mindset for the first time, practical examples can help. Let's begin with a few froman article by John Rhodes:
Example 1: Running late and missing the bus or carpool We've all faced this situation. We wake up late and jump out of bed, already stressed and then, skip breakfast and coffee, hurriedly dress, rush to the curb to find that we've missed the bus or the carpool. A fixed mindset response will be to mutter, curse and call yourself or someone else names and then, remain in a foul mood for the rest of the day. A growth mindset response will be to decide to go to bed earlier tonight, set an alarm and lay out your clothes and breakfast dishes in the evening itself so that tomorrow can be better and different. Example 2: Poor feedback from the boss So, you reach the office and your boss calls you in to yell at you about a report you'd prepared or a project you're handling. They think you aren't doing a great job of it. The fixed mindset response will be to beat yourself up, feel that you aren't talented or skilled enough for the job or that your boss is a moron who has no idea what it takes, and then, spend the rest of the day cribbing and complaining and even, job hunting. The growth mindset response will be to evaluate your performance, seek actual, constructive feedback that can help you improve, figure out what can be better with your project and then, do that and move on! Example 3: Praising your child Kids love praise and parents love giving it. So, when you're child comes to you with an A on his math paper, you can either go the fixed mindset route and say "You're so smart" or you can go the growth mindset way and acknowledge the effort he or she put in, saying "Wow, you really worked hard on that paper!"
Pro-tip: What about other reading? Begin with Carol Dweck's book Mindset: The New Psychology for Success . Beyond this, titles like Dr. Norman Doidge's The Brain That Changes Itself are full of stories about people who have applied mindset principles to accomplish miracles of physical and mental transformation.

9. Always Encourage Next Steps

Growth means continuation, expansion, and outward or upward movement. It means extending beyond what is into the realm of what can be. We accomplish this through the magic of considering two simple words after we've learned something: What now?

As learning takes place, we must always be considering what the next steps are. What are we going to do next, and where will we go from here? This continuation of learning is how we encourage a growth mindset as it pertains to lifelong learning. When we stop learning, we stop growing.

One of the most crucial steps, when we are using the Essential Fluencies in workshops and classrooms, is urging learners to consider how they can use what they've learned in future situations.

It's about carrying our learning forward to not only apply it but to augment it.

Learning should never stop-it should be a lifetime journey. Those with a growth mindset are always using the "what now" approach to see where learning can take them next.

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Growth mindset is gaining increasing traction in education. However, it remains unfamiliar territory for educators. Many are left with the idea that it's a highly valuable outlook for learners to have, but with no idea how to teach it. So how do we cultivate growth mindset for teachers to pass on to their students?

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What is it?

Students often are taught to believe that their talents or abilities are fixed, and that they possess certain areas to which they have a natural capacity and others where they may not. Students who believe this can become discouraged when they confront challenges or when they do not perform well. They believe they will always be a failure in that specific area due to their limited ability. However, when students are taught that these same abilities are not fixed, they become motivated to better themselves while exerting more effort to succeed. Teaching students in this way is the idea of a growth mindset, where individuals believe their ability and talents can improve over time with hard work and effort. By fostering a growth mindset, students are taught to embrace challenges with open arms, and failure is viewed a learning experience. Effort is used as a tool to gain knowledge (Blazer, 2011). Encouraging students to try hard, along with letting them know they have what it takes to improve and develop in their academics helps them to believe in themselves and succeed in the classroom.

How does it work?

Before attempting to teach students with a growth mindset, it is important that educators also embrace a growth mindset. Carol Dweck suggests educators begin by listening to the voices inside their heads. Do these voices categorize or evaluate students based on their abilities? If so, try to ask "What can I do to unleash this student's motivation? What does the student not understand that is preventing them from learning?" Answer those questions, and act on them. Educators should develop a growth mindset about their own teaching abilities. If they are unsure of how to truly unlock a student's potential, they should consult other educators, who might have suggestions or advice on how to tackle this challenge. Teaching is a learning experience for the educator, and facing challenges head on while learning from them further develops their own personal skills (Educational Horizons, 2012-2013).

When fostering a growth mindset, Dweck stresses the nature of feedback given to student. In order to build self-esteem and encourage students, many teachers praise them for their intelligence. However, this type of feedback has been shown to develop a fixed mindset in students, whereas if teachers give students positive feedback on their hard work and the process they've worked through, a growth mindset develops. Encourage students to challenge themselves and persist through their struggles, as they can be effective learning experiences. Let students know that hard work and taking risks is admired.

In order to foster the development of a growth mindset among students, Blazer (2011) suggests:

Emphasizing effort and progress over final outcomes: focus on students' improvement, rather than their success or failure

Encourage in-depth learning: emphasize that students who take longer to learn can ultimately understand things at a deeper level

Create a growth mindset culture: students need to feel like their teachers' goal is to help them learn, not to judge them based on their intelligence. Taking on challenges, exerting effort, and surmounting obstacles is valued more than natural or innate talent.

Praise students for their effort, not their intellect: feedback that focuses on students' effort promotes the idea that students have the ability to continue learning. Studies show that students who are praised for their intelligence lose confidence in their ability and enjoyment of tasks as soon as they struggle, whereas students praised for their effort stay confident and eager.

Avoid labeling students: educators often categorize or label students, such as "smart students" or "slow students", but these terms negatively affect students' mindsets

Conduct interventions to develop growth mindsets: teach students that intelligence is expandable, and that their brains are like any other muscle that can be strengthened with use and hard work

Evaluate students based on their growth: when a student says they can't do something or aren't good at something, add the word "yet" to convey their ability is fluid

Dweck (2010a) and Moss (2008) recommend the following exercises to encourage a growth mindset:

Encourage students to develop their knowledge of an individual topic or skill. This implies that ability is not fixed.

Ask students to think about a friend that has changed the most over the years. This activity has proven to instill the belief that human are malleable.

Convey phrases that highlight the capacity to change such as, "It's never too late to learn" or "Experience is the best teacher".

Include material on geniuses or individuals who have made significant contributions to their fields, emphasizing their hard work and effort.

(as cited in Blazer, 2011).

Who is doing it?

Educators at all levels are adopting this teaching and learning technique. By beginning in grade school, students learn to think with a growth mindset early on, which helps them believe they can succeed from an early age. As a result, these students have more confidence in their work ethic and put forth more effort throughout their educational career.

College is an important time to reinforce or instill this mindset in students, as many students are leaving behind their main support system when they come to school. Allowing students to realize their potential and getting them to see how they can reach their goals can be done using a growth mindset teaching approach. Students want to be reassured that they can succeed, despite difficulties and obstacles they may encounter.

Educators can also use growth mindsets for their own learning. As mentioned above, it is easier to teach a growth mindset when the individual doing the teaching already thinks with a growth mindset. It is also easier for educators to encourage and motivate the students if they view students in this way. Instead of them being doomed to fail, professors can tweak and adjust lesson plans for students that need the extra support because they truly care about student success.

Why is it significant?

When educators develop growth mindsets, an entire educational community using similar teaching techniques is created. As a result, students have a large group of models and supporters, encouraging them to learn and develop. Students want to feel as if their institution truly cares about their success, according to Dweck (As cited in Blad, 2016). Many students come to college without a strong support system, so in order for them to be successful they need to feel supported, and like someone believes in them.

Research shows that students with growth mindsets outperformed their fixed minded classmates, and had overall increases in their achievement levels (Atwood, 2010; Dweck, 2010b; Cury et al. 2008, Blackwell et al. 2007, as cited in Blazer, 2011). Having a growth mindset decreases or closes achievement gaps among classmates, and encourages students to face challenges and put forth effort. When faced with setbacks in school, students who have adopted a fixed mindset do not get discouraged. Instead, they adjust their studying habits or study more to see if this is more effective.

Students who believe in themselves and their potential are more likely to take on more difficult work, and succeed, compared to students with a fixed mindset. They then develop feelings of empowerment which positively influences their own learning.

Hochanadel and Finamore (2015) looked at the research of Angela Lee Duckworth, who looked at the effects of grit within a growth mindset. Grit was defined as "not just having resilience in the face of failure, but also having deep commitments that you remain loyal to over many years" (Perkins-Gough, 2013, as citied in Hochanadel & Finamore, 2015). Throughout Duckworth's research, grit predicted students' achievement in challenging situations. When educators teach students to persevere, they better develop a growth mindset and grit.

What are the downsides?

Carol Dweck (2016) found there was a phenomenon occurring among some educators that thought they were teaching with a growth mindset, called the false growth mindset. This happens when teachers believe they are practicing a growth mindset, however they are leaving out key details and for someone new to this concept, it can be an easy trap to fall into.

Teachers cannot be afraid to tell the truth, and make students aware of when they are not learning effectively. If a professor comes across a student that they feel is not learning effectively, they need to work with them to establish new strategies. If a student is putting forth effort, but not learning, it is not helpful to praise them on their effort alone if they are not learning. Make them aware their effort is appreciated, however the current technique needs to be revamped.

Occasionally, educators will give students the impression that they can do anything, which is often not realistic. When setting high standards for students, teachers need to help guide them in their journey to reach these goals, especially if these students have not yet acquired the necessary knowledge, skills, strategies, or resources.

Where is it going?

With increasing numbers of educators adopting a growth mindset, entire educational communities can be created, all teaching and learning with a growth mindset. Studies continue to show the increasing performance levels of students with growth mindsets due to their motivation to learn and to put forth effort. Students will become more confident in their abilities, and schools everywhere could experience higher graduation rates.

As more students adopt a growth mindset as well, institutions could begin to see more diverse campuses. For colleges who look at test scores as a means for admission, minority students with fixed mindsets might get overlooked. Research has found that African American and Latino students who have adopted a growth mindset had grades and test scores closer to those of white students. Also, for certain subjects or fields that tend to be male dominated, growth mindsets can help females believe that they are just as capable. Studies have shown that female students with growth mindsets improved math grades and test scores, to where they are similar to male students (Dweck, 2010b; Aronson, 2007; Good et al., 2003, as cited in Blazer, 2011).

What are the implications for teaching and learning?

A growth mindset is a teaching and learning experience for both educators and students. In order to effectively teach students to think with a growth mindset, educators first must learn to think with a growth mindset. By becoming aware of categorizing or labeling students, professors are now aware of those subconscious thoughts. If the focus is shifted towards tapping into those students' potential, and learning how to let them shine and succeed, those educators now have a growth mindset by believing students' ability can improve with effort. Professors with this teaching technique can now use this on the entire body of students when they notice someone struggling. It will be more feasible to think of a way to help these students improve, and get through various challenges.

Students have the opportunity to learn that their abilities are not fixed, and they can succeed if they are willing to put forth effort and persistence. This can have a drastic impact on their educational experience, as well as their careers because of how they handle struggles and challenges. They can learn to embrace difficulties by seeing them as learning experiences. Their self-confidence increases, as they feel more capable, making them more willing to learn. Creating a generation of learners with growth mindsets can result in future generations of more learners with growth mindsets.

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The administrator's job is to help teachers be their best. How is this accomplished? What steps should be taken? Administrators need to ensure they are developing a culture that includes attributes related to the desired behavior or outcome. For example, we ask teachers to have growth mindsets. Do we allow them to exert the actions of someone with a growth mindset?

Robert Brooks, one of the leading authors in the areas of mindset, motivation, and school climate, has defined mindsets as the assumptions and expectations we have for ourselves and others that guide our practices and interactions with others. Furthermore, in his book Understanding and Managing Children's Classroom Behavior: Creating Sustainable, Resilient Schools, he describes the characteristics of the mindset of effective educators and ways to cultivate this mindset in our staffs. According to Brooks, effective educators:

Understand the lifelong impact they have on students

Believe that all students yearn to be successful; if a student is not learning, educators must ask how they can adapt their teaching style and instructional material to meet student needs

Appreciate that the foundation for successful learning comprises a safe and secure classroom climate and an authentic relationship between teacher and student

Realize that the fear of making mistakes and feeling embarrassed or humiliated are obstacles to learning

These statements could be refocused on the administrator and their staff to show the mindset of an effective administrator. For example, an effective administrator understands they have a lifelong impact on staff. An administrator believes that all teachers yearn to be successful and if a teacher is not growing, the administrator must ask how they can adapt their feedback and support to meet the needs of teacher. You can do this for each of the characteristics above and realize that an administrator must have a growth mindset if they expect their staff to be continuous learners.

Taking the time to identify your mindset is an important step toward cultivating a culture of growth in your school. For example, do you believe-and show-that the foundation for growth and a safe and secure school is the relationship the administration forges with staff? I suggest taking the time to read the characteristics above and change them into questions to survey yourself and come up with next steps. Then you can nurture this mindset in your school.

One way that Robert Brooks suggests nurturing a growth mindset is to ask staff, "Do you believe developing a positive relationship with our students enhances or detracts from teaching academic material?" I would suggest taking this a step further by also asking staff, "Do you believe developing a positive relationship with your grade-level or content team enhances or detracts from teaching and learning?" Then, ask them to give concrete examples of how they build relationships with their students and colleagues. This second step is necessary because we sometimes might believe we feel a certain way and say we do, but our actions do not support what we believe and say. Once you have the initial discussion about mindsets and a positive school culture, a growth mindset must stay as a priority. This can be done by dedicating a portion of every professional learning opportunity to cultivating a growth mindset or discussing its impact on learning.

When you establish a growth mindset in your staff, you have to be receptive to the ideas they are putting forward. You need to be open to that sort of dialogue. Otherwise how can you ask them to put it in play in their classroom? Is your staff afforded the opportunity for teacher-centered professional learning? This lends itself to teachers having student-centered learning in their classroom. Administrators must model and guide the practices they want to see.

The way administrators see and handle evaluation says a lot to teachers. It is important in a culture of growth that the administration models and frames evaluation as an instrument or tool to support the staff's growth. Staff should receive specific feedback regarding the area in which they want and need growth to be a more effective educator. If administrators model this consistently, teachers will carry this practice back into their classroom. Therefore, teachers will see student evaluation through this lens also. They will use assessment to guide student growth by means of descriptive feedback and next steps for support.

The complexity of maintaining a positive relationship while fostering continuous improvement is evident in the teacher evaluation process. The hope is that administrators understand the emotional attachment that teachers have to being evaluated and remember to focus on growth for teachers while keeping the relationship positive. We need to model how to care for someone while teaching them. If we model caring coupled with teaching, teachers will teach this way. In an article in Principal Magazine, Adam Saenz says that the golden nugget for a staff's emotional well-being is administrators who model the practice of emotional intelligence. Before the evaluation process begins, make sure you know your staffs' areas of interest and growth. Give teachers a chance to provide input on their learning to cultivate a staff of continuous learners. You might also ask your teachers these questions or think about these questions at the beginning of the evaluation process.

As a professional, where do you feel that you excel? (Start with the teacher's strengths).

Is there an area of professional learning that you are interested in pursuing? (This will help guide work, observations, and goal setting.)

What are your learning goals for you and your students? (This question could lead to their formative feedback and summative goal for evaluation purposes.)

In what area of teaching and learning do you feel you can grow? In what area of our plan for continuous improvement do you need support? Which of our schoolwide goals do you feel would be the most difficult for you and your students to accomplish, and why?

If you know the teacher well and you know through their actions that they do not believe that all students can learn you can ask them, "Do you believe that all students can learn?" If they say yes, ask them why they believe this and what, in their words and actions, shows this belief. This will tell you a lot about their mindset about learning for themselves also.

As you think through these questions and ways to provide professional development opportunities that promote a growth mindset, you might find inspiration in this TedX talk by Sheryl Chard titled No More Bad Coffee: Professional Development That Honors Teachers. If you have additional resources that have helped you develop a growth mindset in your staff, please share them in the comments.

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I mean...wait. What does that even look like for a teacher??
Growth mindset-the understanding that intelligence and abilities are not "fixed" but can be developed with dedication and hard work-is a concept first defined by psychologist Carol Dweck. Her research has exploded in popularity, and has trickled down to schools across the nation and beyond as students are taught that they can train their brains to learn anything.

We can all agree that one of the best ways to teach kids to have a growth mindset is to model that thinking ourselves. But as much as we'd like to believe that we're growth mindset oriented, most of us (myself included!) will likely discover upon reflection that there are old fixed mindset thought patterns that we haven't quite let go of.

Fortunately, we can examine these self-defeating thoughts and replace them with growth mindset thoughts that are empowering and energizing. See if you can recognize yourself in any of these fixed mindset traps, and practice exercising a growth mindset instead:

1) I can't admit to students when I was wrong or if I don't know something, because they'll lose respect for me.

There's no better way to help students understand that mistakes are an essential part of the learning process than to model that for them! I can create a classroom community in which I learn WITH and FROM students. As the kids watch how I respond to frustrating or embarrassing situations, they'll learn how to rebound from their own mistakes more quickly and discover what it means to be a lifelong learner.

2) I can't learn yet another new curriculum (or assessment, or set of standards.)

It will be a lot of work to learn a new way of teaching, but I'm resilient and I can do difficult things. I'm ready for this-it isn't the first time I've faced major changes in my job and it won't be the last. I want my students to face challenges head on and not be discouraged when they're overwhelmed, so I'm going to practice and model that same behavior myself.

3) Professional development is always so boring and irrelevant-they never teach us things we actually need to know.

I don't rely on others to mandate or direct my growth as an educator. I am in charge of my own learning! It's empowering when I choose to grow in areas I care about and seek out new teaching ideas and best practices. (Plus, Pinterest totally counts as PD.)

4) I wish my students' parents would stop telling me how to do my job.

I can learn something from every interaction I have with another person. I can choose to disregard the information that's unhelpful without ignoring the kernel of truth within each piece of feedback. I can choose to look past tone and word choice to see the heart of the message that can help me improve. I can create a relationship with families that encourages them to provide feedback in ways that are constructive, such as through parent surveys. Giving parents a chance to be heard gives me more insight as to how families perceive what's happening in the classroom so I can continue growing as an educator.

5) That lesson this morning was a complete disaster. My motivation is gone for the day.

I'll feel even worse if I give up on myself (and my students) and write off the whole afternoon. Instead, I can choose to put this in perspective: having a chaotic morning doesn't mean I'm a bad teacher, and it doesn't mean my students are hopeless. I can quickly identify what I can do differently next time, and mentally move on with the day. The past is over: each moment in the present is an opportunity to make a new choice and work toward a better outcome, starting right now.

6) I don't have time to reflect on my teaching, and it's not a big deal, anyway.

When I take a moment to think about what I did to make a lesson successful, I have a better understanding of what created that success. This helps me get excellent results again next time, making teaching easier AND more effective! I can create habits and routines that allow me to reflect on my teaching practice...even spending 2 minutes at the end of the day thinking back on everything that went RIGHT (and why) can make a difference in my efficacy.

7) The school year is halfway over; I can't introduce a new procedure or activity now.

This is actually the perfect time to try something new, because I've already established a rapport with this class. I can have a conversation with the kids about what's working and what's not, and together, we can come up with a better plan. It's never too late to change something that's become less effective, and my students will benefit if I show them how to continually reflect and improve.

8) Kids these days don't put any effort into their work and want everything to be easy.

Many of my students struggle in this area, but perseverance and grit can be learned! I can explicitly teach growth mindset strategies to students and help them take charge of their own learning. I can show students how to think critically about what it takes to be successful, push themselves to do their best work, and teach them to believe in their own ability to learn.

9) Some of my students are just unteachable-there's nothing I can do to reach them.

I choose to believe that every child is capable of growth. I can continue to build a rapport with students and help them make progress, celebrating even the smallest wins to help us all have the motivation to keep pressing forward. I refuse to give up on any child in my class, and I refuse to give up on my own teaching abilities. I believe my work makes a difference, regardless of whether I see results.

10) All we do is test the kids. It's impossible to enjoy teaching!

I know teachers who are facing these same pressures who still love what they do-I wonder what their secret is? I can learn more about the type of mindset and daily practices that have a positive impact on my energy level and enthusiasm. I can choose to learn about, discuss, and implement strategies that help me enjoy teaching every day...no matter what.
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Developing a growth mindset is equally applicable to teachers and students. This week's podcast explores what growth-mindset development can look like for you and your students, what it means for remote learning, and suggestions for how you can nurture and model a growth mindset for the benefit of your students and yourself.

Join our Digital Learning Specialists as they share their stories from the classroom, where they have helped students identify moments of growth and have processed their own out loud. Learn how these moments help build trust in your face-to-face or virtual classroom while also modeling for students the positive power of persisting through challenges.

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Below, you will find resources and tips shared during the podcast to support your virtual teaching goals.

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Resources

In this week's episode, we discuss the following strategies and resources that are available on AVID Open Access for you to explore in more depth.

Create Space for New Ideas and Build Time for Self-Reflection

Now more than ever, it's important to be intentional about teaching and modeling growth mindset. As our digital learning strategists share in this week's episode, hard work, effort, and persistence are all important. However, most important is the underlying belief that you are in control of your own destiny. Growth mindset is at the foundation of learning, where students come to realize the impact of their effort and attitude on their abilities. Check out the strategies below for helping students practice growth mindset by modeling your own.

Model Learning Mindsets

Teach students about growth mindset. Help students adopt a new mindset through modeling and labeling their experiences. Start by collaboratively defining what growth mindset looks like as a class. Y-charts allow your students to work together in describing what a growth mindset looks like, sounds like, and feels like.

Use literary examples. Stories that illustrate a character's growth in easy-to-map steps are a great way to help students internalize concrete examples of growth mindset.
Tip! Picture books that model growth mindset: Picture books, such as After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat and Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall, are wonderful resources to engage younger students in a rich dialogue about risk, persistence, and self-belief.

When you see growth mindset in your students, identify it. Help students identify these moments. Label it so that they have references to recall.

Nurture your own growth mindset. Just as we teach our students to continuously grow, learn, and change, so must we. When so much is in flux, practicing a growth mindset reminds us to acknowledge who we currently are and to keep growing beyond what we are today.

Model positive self-talk. Virtual teaching provides many opportunities to call attention to our learning mindset, as we, oftentimes, need to wrangle with technology. These moments allow you to model what you do to shift your mindset during challenging experiences. Is a digital tool not working the way you expect? Your external dialogue illustrates to students what problem-solving, persistence, and positive self-talk look like. Moreover, by putting the problem in the room, you are demonstrating a respect for the knowledge that students bring to help solve the issue while also modeling lifelong learning.

Digital Tools

Let us help you look for new ways to engage students online. We share tips for the following digital tool in this week's episode.

eBinders and ePortfolios are powerful tools to help your students collect their work, reflect on their learning process, and see their growth as a learner over time.

eBinders. AVID eBinders work best using Google Sites or a Microsoft OneNote Class Notebook. The following links have all the templates and instructions you need to start using eBinders with your students:

Tip! Be mindful of digital tattoos. Studies show that when students turn in a portfolio with their college application, more time will be spent evaluating the application. Colleges and universities also take the time to look at students' social footprint. Portfolios provide students with positive exemplars that will boost their digital tattoo.

Seesaw: Seesaw (Tips) portfolios give students choices in how they demonstrate their learning. Students, particularly our youngest learners, benefit from the variety of powerful and intuitive tools, such as draw + record, collage, video, and more, to show what they know in the way that works best for them. With tangible artifacts to return to, students have opportunities to reflect on their learning process over time, and it gives them something that they're proud to share with others.

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Dr. Carol Dweck's work is the foundation for what it means to be a learning leader. To be in a constant state of improvement... "In a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits. They have a certain amount and that's that, and then their goal becomes to look smart all the time and never look dumb. In a growth mindset students understand that their talents and abilities can be developed through effort, good teaching and persistence. They don't necessarily think everyone's the same or anyone can be Einstein, but they believe everyone can get smarter if they work at it."

Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success-a simple idea that makes all the difference. Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports.
Episode 140: Carol Dweck - The Power Of A Growth Mindset
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The Learning Leader Show "Growth mindset leaders want to be challenged." In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Focusing on growth - having a desire for a challenge and learning from setbacks leads to sustained excellence

People with a fixed mindset are afraid to find out that they aren't very smart

Growth mindset leaders want to be challenged

Fixed mindset leaders have a deep seated insecurity. They have to keep showing that they're a genius.

Don't declare that you have a growth mindset - Instead figure out what triggers you into having a fixed mindset. Start there.

Questions to ask people in an interview to understand their mindset

Sharing credit or taking it all for yourself? It shows a lot about your mindset

When was the last time you were wrong? (It should be often)

"Don't praise the intelligence. Praise the process."

Do NOT reward children for getting straight A's

Taking the stairs - Develop Grit

Be aware that doing something the hard way will benefit you (and your children)

"I want your listeners to do something way outside of their comfort zone..."

Why as a young manager you need to focus on collaboration - Ask others for help

Learning Leader = "I loved it. Merging of Learning and Leadership. Helping others learn. Serving them.

"I have always been deeply moved by outstanding achievement and saddened by wasted potential." Continue Learning: You may also like these episodes:
Episode 078: Kat Cole - From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink - The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin - How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek - Leadership: It Starts With Why
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Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is one of the world's leading researchers in the field of motivation and is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research has focused on why people succeed and how to foster success. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities, has lectured all over the world, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by the World Education Federation. Her work has been featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and she has appeared on Today and 20/20.

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Episode 140: Carol Dweck - The Power Of A Growth Mindset

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Episode 140: Carol Dweck - The Power Of A Growth Mindset Dr. Carol Dweck's work is the foundation for what it means to be a learning leader. To be in a constant state of improvement... "In a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits.

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Between two students, one with the motivation to persevere after a mistake and one who refuses to try when an assignment "looks hard," which do you think is more likely to achieve academically?

Even without any other information, it is clear that the first student-the one with a growth mindset-is better equipped to keep striving for success.
What is growth mindset?
Growth mindset is the idea that, with effort, it's possible to increase intelligence levels, talents, and abilities. Students who demonstrate a growth mindset believe their abilities develop over time, tend to seek out opportunities to gain new knowledge and broaden their skills, and do not typically shy away from challenges (Kazakoff & Mitchell, 2017).

In comparison, fixed mindset is the belief that intelligence and talents are static, leading students to believe that their potential for success is based on whether they currently possess the required abilities. These students are often tempted to give up when things get hard-they may run from challenges, see mistakes as failures, or approach success differently to their classmates with a growth mindset. According to Kazakoff & Mitchell, "Students who possess a fixed mindset are often preoccupied with the notion of high performance and will seek opportunities where they can prove their skills while avoiding situations where their weaknesses might be revealed."

In contrast, students with a growth mindset believe that they can learn to complete tasks, solve complex problems, or grow their intelligence, rather than assuming they "can" or "cannot" do something based on their current abilities.

Having a growth mindset is essential to lifelong success, and it is something that students can develop with practice.
Does growth mindset really help kids succeed? 2014 research by Claro & Paunesku revealed that students who demonstrate a growth mindset:

perform better than students with a fixed mindset, significantly outscoring them in the areas of math and literacy;

are more likely to recognize the importance of effort in academic success;

seek out challenging academic tasks to enhance learning; and

value critical feedback.

What do teachers think about growth mindset?
According to a 2016 national study of over 600 K-12 teachers conducted by the Education Week Research Center, almost all teachers (98%) believe that integrating growth mindset will lead to improved student learning.

Despite having an interest in and a willingness to implement growth mindset in the classroom, teachers feel they are not adequately trained to foster such a mindset in their students. Only 20% of study participants said they strongly believed they were good at fostering growth mindset, and 85% reported that they wanted more professional development in this area.

The idea that people want to implement growth mindset but may not fully understand how to do so is troublesome to Carol Dweck, the Stanford professor who coined the term.

Dweck has expressed her concern that misinformed people might encourage students to keep trying in order to "get it" (succeed in a task), despite the fact that developing a growth mindset is not simply about layering on praise. According to Dweck, "growth mindset is about closing the achievement gap, not about making low-achieving kids feel good in the moment but not learn in the long run." In other words, cultivating growth mindset is not just about praising effort. Rather, we need to teach children how to learn and use strategies to overcome challenges.

By making simple changes in the classroom, we as educators can begin to foster an environment in which students are not only aware of growth mindset, but can actively take part in creating such a culture.

Here are six tips for helping students develop growth mindset in the classroom.

1. Read books with characters who face challenges and develop strategies to overcome them. A few examples include:

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It by JoAnn Deak, Ph.D.

Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg

The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada

These books are perfect for read-alouds and class discussions. Start off the year with Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, which explains how the brain works and grows in a kid-friendly way, and then use the characters and storylines in the other books as the year goes on. Students will see characters who are faced with problems overcome adversity and handle mistakes, and will refer back to these stories when they encounter similar challenges in class.
2. Conduct activities that give students the chance to practice phrases that promote growth mindset

Openly discuss things students with a fixed mindset might say (i.e., "I'm no good at this" or, "This is too hard") and brainstorm alternatives (such as, "What other strategies can I try?" or, "It may take some time to figure this out").

Try filling out an anchor chart during a class discussion by giving an example of a fixed-mindset phrase and brainstorming a few growth-mindset options to replace it. Alternatively, give strips of paper with example of both types of sentences to individual students or groups, and have them sort the sentences into "Growth" and "Fixed" columns. For inspiration, Pinterest and TeachersPayTeachers offer a range of growth-mindset activities.
3. Display visible reminders of growth-mindset vocabulary using inspirational posters and bulletin boards
Anchor charts from the activity listed above make great classroom reminders. Alternatively, have students design their own motivational posters to encourage authentic learning. Bulletin boards may focus on the overall understanding of a growth mindset, or feature words and phrases associated with the positive attributes or actions of characters in literature. Boards featuring athletes, business leaders, and even presidents who have overcome challenges can be extremely inspiring, especially when these successful individuals' initial failures are mentioned.
4. Have students turn in growth-mindset exit tickets
Use reflective questions or personal challenges as "tickets" to leave at the end of class. Doing so will help students learn to evaluate their attitudes and processes related to classwork, build a strong work ethic, and focus on the positive aspects of class-even if they struggled during the lesson.
5. When giving feedback to students, use prompts that facilitate a growth mindset
Rather than awarding feedback such as "You are so smart" or "You did a great job getting an A," encourage higher introspection with prompts. Ask questions about students' processes ("What made you decide to try that method?"), how they can work to improve ("What do you think you can do differently next time?"), and what they took away from their mistakes ("When X occurred, how did you feel and what did you learn from it?"). By providing the opportunity for self-evaluation, students will discover more about their ability to work through to a solution, and will pick up self-talk approaches and questions to ask themselves down the road.
6. Model growth mindset as an educator
When we as educators are faced with a challenge or make a mistake, we can talk through the situation with students and demonstrate the path to learning, helping students make necessary connections in real-life situations. For example, if we waited too long to reserve a common learning space for a particular class period, we can explain the situation to students and ask for input on how resolve the issue. Students may suggest combining with another group, adjusting the lesson to fit another space, or some other creative solution. While this is a process that we could go through ourselves, involving students helps them recognize that everyone makes mistakes and it important to work through challenges in order to make progress.

By implementing simple activities and providing opportunities for students to develop the skills necessary to meet challenges head-on, we can help students find confidence in their academic journey and create an environment that promotes growth mindset.

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6 Tips to Help Students Develop a Growth Mindset in the Classroom

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Between two students, one with the motivation to persevere after a mistake and one who refuses to try when an assignment "looks hard," which do you think is more likely to achieve academically? Even without any other information, it is clear that the first student-the one with a growth mindset-is better equipped to keep striving for success.

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Growth Mindset (1 of 5) | Social Emotional Learning for kids

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How to teach growth mindset to students in 5 steps

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Developing a Growth Mindset! | Dr. Nagler's Laboratory

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Sesame Street: Bruno Mars: Don't Give Up

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Be You! by Peter H. Reynolds Children's Book Read Aloud

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Peter H Reynolds Be You! Book

Peter H Reynold's book, Be You! found me! Call it fate, call it divine interventions, or call it sheer luck! No matter what you call it, it was out of the norm.

One glorious Saturday morning, my husband actually came to me with the idea of making a Target trip.

Wait. What? Unlike myself, the hubs never ask to make a Target trip. Of course, the simple word, target, had me jumping up and running towards the car.

While taking in the magnificent glory of a Teacher's Wonderland, I knew in the back of my mind and this trip will end just quickly as it began. So off I went to check out the lady's clothing, shoes, and finally, the home decor section. On my way, a powdery blue object caught my eye.

I instantly took a double take. It was a children's read aloud book.

Awwww, do you hear the sound of heaven? I certainly did.

The book was written by Peter H Reynolds Be You! drew me in instantly.

Synopsis of Peter H Reynolds, Be You! Book

Ryan H Reynolds', Be You! is centered around building student self-esteem. Each page has suggestions on how students can embrace their unique characteristics while making each of us uniquely ourselves.

A few of the encouraging words center around being:

curious

adventurous

connected

persistent

different

kind and understanding

brave

your thinker

ok, to be alone

patient

ok, to ask for help

Build Student Confidence with Be You!

As you may have already guessed, I knew this book had powerful words behind it. It was a no-brainer. I had to have the book.

Before sharing the book with my class, I had decided to create a lesson based on Personal Attributes or Characteristics. The reason for this is to use the study as a gateway into character analysis in texts to support reading comprehension.

Although many of my read-aloud units focus on character analysis, this book has the perfect introduction to the Common Core Standard.

Next, we needed to identify character traits and development throughout a story. I want to give the students a chance to make it a bit more personal. (As we know, young students relate to their selves easily.)

The Book Companion Activities

One of the first book activities is for students to identify their traits. Just as modeled in Peter H Reynolds Be You! book, the students draw a picture of themselves in the center of the page.

When students are using a digital format, they can insert a picture in the page's center.

As a side note, I create all of my read-aloud units in Google Slides to assign the writing digitally for virtual teaching or print each slide for in-person instruction.

To aid the students, they used a brainstormed list of personal traits to add the text around the picture using various colors and fonts.

The following pages in the book, Be You! lend themselves perfectly for writing prompts. Each day, the class and I did a quick write using one of the following writing prompts:

What is one thing you are curious about?

If you could go anywhere, would you go? Why?

List the activities you enjoy doing with others?

Tell about a time you were persistent. What motivated you not to give up?

What makes you special?

Tell about a time you had to be brave. How did you feel?

Write a list of activities you can do alone.

While you're at it, you may want to check out my FREE Structured Paragraph Handbook, which will guide you and your students through the steps needed to create the perfect paragraph.

Finally, I took the remaining pages and turned them into inspirational quotes to hang around the classroom. The classroom posters are simple but powerful reminders, and I love them!

Student Reactions to Be You! Book and Activities

The students not only soaked up the lessons, but they then applied their learning in day-to-day life.

All it took was that first student to say, "Wow, Micha is being persistent!"

The entire class immediately glanced in Micha's direction as he continued to jump over the rope that continues to tangle around his feet.

Micha replied with laughter and said he was going to get this down today!

From that point on, the class has been on this unspoken mission to identify traits as they arise. (You've got to love that!)

If you'd like to enjoy the same benefits of the ready-made Be You! Book Companion Activities, you can take another look at them on my TPT Shop.

Until next time, "always take it to writing."

Melissa

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Peter H Reynolds Be You! Book Activities for the Big Win - The Teaching Q

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Peter H Reynold's book, Be You! found me! Call it fate, call it divine interventions, or call it sheer luck! No matter what you call it, it was out of the norm. One glorious Saturday morning, my husband actually came to me with the idea of making a Target trip.

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The Reynolds Center for Teaching, Learning & Creativity

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From The Dot to The Word Collector, educators across the country have activated books by Peter H. and Paul A. Reynolds. At the Reynolds Center we are cheering you on and are excited to share FREE resources for you to use in your classroom. Collecting all the books by Peter H. Reynolds? Grab your checklist.

Click on the image below to download the Peter H. Reynolds Collection Themes Poster.

The Dot

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Candlewick

About: Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can't draw - she's no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says.

That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti's journey of surprise and self-discovery. That special moment is the core of Peter H. Reynolds's delicate fable about the creative spirit in all of us.

About International Dot Day: International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration, began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds' book The Dot on September 15, 2009. Each year on International Dot Day - with the help of people just like you -the inspiration continues.
Join the Dot Club here!

Resources: The Dot/Ish Classroom Guide

Ish

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Candlewick

About: Drawing is what Ramon does. It's what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.
Resources: The Dot/Ish Classroom Guide

Sky Color

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Candlewick

About: Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But how can Marisol make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream.

Resources: Sky Color Classroom Guide

Say Something

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Scholastic

The world needs your voice.
If you have a brilliant idea... say something!
If you see an injustice... say something!

In this empowering new picture book, Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day, have the chance to say something: with our actions, our words, and our voices. Perfect for kid activists everywhere, this timely story reminds readers of the undeniable importance and power of their voice. There are so many ways to tell the world who you are... what you are thinking... and what you believe. And how you'll make it better. The time is now: SAY SOMETHING!

Resources: Say Something Speech Bubble Activity ﻿, Dream It! Write It! Say it! Teacher Guide

The word collector

Written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Scholastic

About: In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words, two-syllable treats, and multi-syllable words that sound like little songs. Words that connect, transform, and empower.

The Word Collectors: Join other Word Collectors across the country who are using the power of words to change the world. Visit The Word Collectors to share your story.

Themes: Using words to connect, transform, and empower

Resources: Dream It! Write It! Say it! Teacher Guide

Rose's Garden

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Candlewick

About: A sweet fable dedicated to Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy that celebrates the spirit of community, the beauty of nature, and the power of faith and imagination. After traveling the world in her fantastic teapot, Rose is ready to put down roots. She sets about planting flower seeds in a neglected corner of a bustling city. And then she waits - through rain and cold and snow. Rose waits, never doubting that the garden she envisions will one day come to be. With a simple narration and lovely, fanciful illustrations, this luminous picture book resonates with readers of all ages. Author-illustrator Peter H. Reynolds dedicates it to the matriarch of the Kennedy family - herself the namesake of the Rose Kennedy Greenway, a series of gardens, plazas, and tree-lined promenades.
Resources: Make-Your-Own Flowers

Sydney and Simon: Full Steam Ahead!

Written by Paul Reynolds
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Charlesbridge

About: Sydney and Simon are twin mice on a mission. They want to enter their flowers in the neighborhood flower show, but the flowers in the window box are wilting in the city heat, and the window is jammed. How are they going to get water to their blossoms so they'll live and flourish in time for the show?
Sydney and Simon are lucky to be growing up in a curious and creative family and are encouraged to ask questions, experiment, and record their findings through writing, art, music, and video. Their mother is a scientist and their father is a poet. Their family motto is: "When the going gets tough, the creative get going."
Utilizing the S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) philosophy of learning, this brightly illustrated story shows how an interdisciplinary studies model helps Sydney and Simon achieve their goals. In a practical, fun, and hands-on way, young readers will be inspired to interact with their own natural learning skills and start experiencing the world-and their education-in a whole new way.
Resources:

Sydney and Simon: Go Green!

Written by Paul Reynolds
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher: Charlesbridge

About: During a class field trip to the Aquarium, Sydney is upset when she realizes that a green sea turtle has been harmed by garbage that made its way to the ocean. She must convince Simon that even if others don't intend to litter, the garbage everyone puts in a trashcan may accidentally get swept into sewers, streams, rivers, and possibly end up in the ocean.
The twins collects data on the trash habits of their household and school and find they are all part of the problem! They need to figure out a way that their family, their neighborhood, and their school can cut down on garbage production and make better use of their discarded items.

sydney and simon: To the moon!

Written by Paul Reynolds
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher: Charlesbridge

About: The chance to meet astronaut Kris Kornﬁeld is a dream come true for twins Sydney and Simon. But ﬁrst they have to come up with the most creative project about the Earth's moon. While Sydney's work is all about the art, and Simon's is all about the data, neither seems creative enough to win the prize. But when they put their heads together, they incorporate S.T.E.A.M. thinking and come up with a winning idea. The third installment in the Sydney & Simon series, this kid-friendly story makes science concepts accessible and exciting.

Written by Paul A. Reynolds and Peter H. Reynolds
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Atheneum

About:
It's time for this year's Going Places contest! Finally. Time to build a go-cart, race it-and win. Each kid grabs an identical kit, and scrambles to build.
Everyone but Maya. She sure doesn't seem to be in a hurry...and that sure doesn't look like anybody else's go-cart!
But who said it had to be a go-cart? And who said there's only one way to cross the finish line?
This sublime celebration of creative spirit and thinking outside the box-both figuratively and literally-is ideal for early learners, recent grads, and everyone in between.
Resources: Going Places Activity Guide

The Water Princess
Written by Susan Verde and Georgie Badiel. Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books Based on supermodel Georgie Badiel's childhood, a young girl dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African village
Acclaimed author Susan Verde and award-winning author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds have come together to tell this moving story. As a child in Burkina Faso, Georgie and the other girls in her village had to walk for miles each day to collect water. This vibrant, engaging picture book sheds light on this struggle that continues all over the world today, instilling hope for a future when all children will have access to clean drinking water.

Resources: The Georgie Badiel Foundation encourages educators and community leaders to incorporate Georgie's life story, The Water Princess, to engage, educate, and inspire students to become global citizens and join our mission. For more information about service-learning projects and fundraising campaigns, please contact Katherine Moran Villone, Director of Education at The Georgie Badiel Foundation: kathy@georgiebadielfoundation.org .

I AM Book Series
Written by Susan Verde. Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds Published by Harry N. Abrams
The I AM series, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds and written by Susan Verde explores what it means to have human experiences in the world. It is perfect for children of all ages and continues to influence readers around the world.

The series includes four books:

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Candlewick

About: Ask yourself where it is you want to go. . .
It is often said that life is a journey, and it's true. But sometimes it's hard to know which path to follow, when signs point in so many directions. In this beautifully illustrated book, Peter H. Reynolds once again encourages readers to observe, to wonder, and to consider diverging from the well-worn path-to pursue their dreams. Originally published ten years ago, The North Star has had a profound effect on its many readers. This edition, featuring all-new art, celebrates the book's own decade-long voyage connecting people around the world. It has inspired classroom activities, a musical, and thousands more thoughtful journeys.

Resources: Constellation Mapper, Hanging Star Template

Happy dreamer

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Published by Scholastic

About: While the world tells us to sit still, to follow the rules, and to color inside the lines, Happy Dreamer celebrates all those moments in between when the mind and spirit soar and we are free to become our own true dreamer maximus! In Peter's signature voice and style, this empowering picture book reminds children of how much their dreams matter, and while life will have ups and downs, he enlists readers to stay true to who they are, to tap into their most creative inner selves, and to never ever forget to dream big!
Resources: Happy Dreamer Story Starter Project Dream It! Write It! Say it! Teacher Guide Happy Dreamer Classroom Guide

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From The Dot to The Word Collector, educators across the country have activated books by Peter H. and Paul A. Reynolds. At the Reynolds Center we are cheering you on and are excited to share FREE resources for you to use in your classroom. Collecting all the books by Peter H.

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Growth Mindset | LearnStorm | Khan Academy

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The LearnStorm growth mindset activities are fun and age appropriate, providing a structured way for students to explore the science behind the idea that “You can learn anything.” Along the way they’ll earn special badges and contribute to their overall class progress in LearnStorm. The activities w…

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Brainology is an online interactive program in which middle school students learn about how the brain works, how to strengthen their own brains, and how to better approach their own learning. In the process they develop a growth mindset whereby they think of their intelligence as something they can develop through study and learning rather than as something fixed, as explained by our co-founder Dr. Carol Dweck.

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Teacher and Student Resources for Nurturing Mindset

We know that coronavirus has caused mass cancellations in schools and childcare and that many teachers and students are being asked to move learning online. We also understand that this can be a difficult shift. Annie Brock and Heather Hundley, bestselling authors of our Growth Mindset series of teacher resources, have put together a bundle of growth mindset activities and videos for teachers and students. We all hope these resources will be helpful in developing and nurturing growth mindset during this difficult and volatile time. Check out Annie and Heather's note below, as well as links to a playlist of their favorite growth mindset videos on Youtube, and some growth mindset activities for kids and teachers.

And let us know on social (@ulyssespress) if you'd like to see more teacher resources or activities for online learning on the blog in coming days!

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Hello, teacher friends! In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, we know that many of you are being asked to move to digital learning or put together work to send home with students with a very short turnaround. We've created a growth mindset bundle using resources from our books for you to share and distribute as needed. We have also created a "Growth Mindset Playlist" featuring helpful videos available on YouTube for you to share with your students. Growth mindset is all about overcoming challenges and obstacles and there is no better way to do that than by working together. Wishing you peace and good health and looking forward to better days ahead.

- Annie & Heather

Check out Annie and Heather's favorite Growth Mindset Videos Playlist on Youtube (including Carol Dweck's TED Talk on growth mindset)!

Activities from My Growth Mindset Journal and the upcoming The Growth Mindset Classroom-Ready Resource Book!

Here are some more growth mindset books and tips on how to develop a growth mindset you might be interested in:

Our bestselling book, The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher's Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve
The Growth Mindset Playbook: A Teacher's Guide to Promoting Student Success In Other Words: Phrases for Growth Mindset: A Teacher's Guide to Empowering Students through Effective Praise and Feedback My Growth Mindset Journal: A Teacher's Workbook to Reflect on Your Practice, Cultivate Your Mindset, Spark New Ideas, and Inspire Students

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We know that coronavirus has caused mass cancellations in schools and childcare and that many teachers and students are being asked to move learning online. We also understand that this can be a difficult shift. Annie Brock and Heather Hundley, bestselling authors of our Growth Mindset series of teacher resources, have put together a bundle of growth mindset activities and videos for teachers and students.

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Is your child willing to take on challenges and keep working on them despite setbacks? That's a sign of a growth mindset - believing that abilities can improve over time. But some struggling learners have a fixed mindset. They think that their abilities are set and won't ever improve, even with effort.

Developing a growth mindset is a process. You can help your child move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset with the help of these fun activities. Use these downloads to help your child start thinking "What's next?" and "I can" - instead of "I'm done" and "I can't."

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Looking for activities to help your child develop a growth mindset, rather than a fixed mindset? Download and print these free growth mindset exercises.

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Free Growth Mindset Virtual Lesson Plans - Tarheelstate Teacher

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Growth Mindset is an important concept to teach our students given any school year-but in 2020, teaching students that their brains can grow, that a growth minded person experiences more success, or that we can lean on the "power of yet" may be some of the most valuable lessons we teach our students

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The term "growth mindset" comes from the groundbreaking work of Carol Dweck. She identified everyone holds ideas about their own potential. Some people believe that their intelligence is more or less fixed and in math - that you can do math or you can't. About 40% of students have these damaging "fixed mindset" ideas. Another 40% have a "growth mindset" - they believe that they can learn anything and that their intelligence can grow. The other 20% waver between the two mindsets.

Students with a fixed mindset are those who are more likely to give up easily, whereas students with a growth mindset are those who keep going even when work is hard, and who are persistent. The two mindsets are associated with different achievement pathways as the papers on this page show. It is possible to change mindsets - my student online class which can be accessed under courses - has been shown to shift students' mindsets from fixed to growth and cause higher mathematics achievement. There are a range of resources on this page - a poster of math norms, a strategizer card with lots of teaching ideas, a short video to boost students' mindset, and some interesting short papers.

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The term "growth mindset" comes from the groundbreaking work of Carol Dweck. She identified everyone holds ideas about their own potential. Some people believe that their intelligence is more or less fixed and in math - that you can do math or you can't. About 40% of students have these damaging "fixed mindset" ideas.

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Growth Mindset Lessons: Every Child a Learner

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Growth Mindset Lessons: Every Child a Learner

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The concept that one's mindset-beliefs about one's character and potential-can influence learning and change the brain is supported by neuroscience. Research by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck has found that people primarily identify with one of two mindsets: fixed or growth.

In a fixed mindset, people believe intelligence and talent are fixed traits. They see potential as pre-determined: You're smart or dumb, artistic or untalented, a natural athlete or uncoordinated-and you won't be able to develop much beyond these labels. In the world of the fixed mindset, effort is a sign of weakness because it reveals the limits of one's natural talent. Most crucially, fixed mindsets limit people's motivation to take on new challenges because of an intense fear of failure and pressure to keep up the appearance of effortless intelligence or talent. Thus, they don't welcome critical feedback, challenging problems or other opportunities to learn. Tragically, students who get stuck in a low-performance fixed mindset struggle with self-esteem and may completely disengage from learning.

People with a growth mindset are resilient. They believe they can develop their talents through effort: They have the attitude that if they work hard, they will achieve. This mindset allows them to see challenge, critical feedback and failure as learning opportunities. As a result, they don't feel the same kind of pressure to succeed as those with fixed mindsets, yet the research shows that they succeed more often and more consistently over the longer term. This is because the growth mindset enables them to take on feedback onboard and propels them to seek out harder problems, to which they apply themselves more vigorously. They take every opportunity to learn and really do grow their brains!

Take this quick survey to test your mindset.

Most people have a combination of mindsets: For example, you may have fixed ideas about your intelligence and growth ideas about your artistic abilities.

When you're finished with the quiz, click on the image to explore a fixed vs. growth mindset infographic.

The growth mindset is remarkable in that simply understanding how it works can trigger better performance. Study after study shows that teaching people how their brains develop in response to effort leads to self-efficacy, motivation to learn, more practice, and ultimately, achievement. With such a direct correlation to learning, it makes sense for teachers to incorporate a growth mindset into their practices.

3 Tools for Growing a Growth Mindset

1. Reflect on your practice from a growth perspective

Educators can encourage a growth mindset by reflecting on their beliefs about their students' potentials and examining each aspect of their teaching from a growth mindset perspective. Visit for some excellent growth mindset coaching resources for classroom teachers.

2. Teach kids about their brains

The growth mindset is rooted in the concept of neuroplasticity, which is based on the evidence-backed premise that are our brains are malleable and able to build new neural connections in response to stimuli, i.e. practice. Teaching tools, such as the curriculum, introduce students to neuroscience basics that help them understand how they learn and remember, and give them strategies for tackling hard work. Teacher-Neurologist Judy Willis also has advice for teaching students about their brains in this article.

3. Change the way you praise

Praise has a huge effect on mindset. Some of Dr. Dweck's more well-known work has shown the effect the self-esteem movement has had in creating fixed mindsets. Well-meaning parents, teaches and coaches label kids "brilliant" or "naturally talented", putting enormous pressure on them to succeed. This stifles their tolerance for making mistakes, which they must do to learn. To nurture a growth mindset, try praising effort, struggle, using mistakes, improvement and problem-solving strategies. , e.g. "You persisted until you cracked that problem! Well done!" Encourage students to relish a difficult struggle. For example, when a student completes her work quickly and easily, Dr. Dweck suggests saying something like, "I'm sorry, that problem was too easy and didn't give you a chance to grow your brain. Next time I'll give you a better challenge."

Download the "Brain Points" paper.

Dr. Dweck and her associates studied the effect of achievement vs. effort-oriented praise in an online game environment. They modified an existing online math game so that it gave students feedback in response to their effort and the strategies they used, instead of the levels they achieved. Then the researchers compared it to a control version of the game to see if growth-based feedback had an effect on the time students spent playing the game. Results indicated that praising effort did increase persistence, especially amongst struggling students. While more research is needed, the study suggests games may be a promising way to apply the growth mindset at scale.

When you've finished playing the game, share your experience in our discussion forum.

Achievement Version - The original Refraction game with instructions included on how to play the game.

Mindset Version - This game praises effort and problem-solving strategies.

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The concept that one's mindset-beliefs about one's character and potential-can influence learning and change the brain is supported by neuroscience. Research by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck has found that people primarily identify with one of two mindsets: fixed or growth. In a fixed mindset, people believe intelligence and talent are fixed traits.

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This FREE Growth Mindset sample includes 5 different growth mindset mantras. You will receive a poster and coloring sheet for each of the 5 included.

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When I Make A Mistake Free Social Emotional Learning Growth Mindset Poster

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Character Traits:  Growth Mindset Poster and Activities

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This character traits quotes posters and activities file now includes a digital distance learning option in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of the product file for instructions and links.

This Growth Mindset Character Traits Quotes product includes three character traits quotes posters (in full color and in black-and-white) and three corresponding printable worksheets for student reflections.
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Display each quote in the classroom as time allows and discuss one quote at a time.

Complete the printables during class, with partners or groups, or send it home for homework.

Choose your four favorite quotes and create a "Quote of the Week" activity.

Display all the quotes and ask students to vote on the quotes they'd like to explore. Use the corresponding printables.

In most cases, students can complete the printables without any additional resources. Periodically, the students will be asked to discuss the author of the quote (if it is applicable). In these cases, allow students to use reference materials (a computer, for example).
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Growth Mindset Posters! FREE Bulletin Board Posters!

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CHANGE YOUR WORDS... CHANGE YOUR MINDSET!! Do your students give up before they even try? Do your students look at their classmates and wonder why they find a concept so easy? If so, this is the perfect inspirational bulletin board for your classroom! I actually have it displayed in my hallway a...

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Create a positive, inspiring and respectful learning environment in your classroom with these FREE imaginative, fun growth mindset posters, garland and writing activity.

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1. Growth Mindset Poster
Positive affirmations, including, 'I love a challenge, I am determined to succeed'

2. Fixed Mindset Poster
Encourage an awareness that this doesn't help us move forward
'I'm just not good enough, there's no point in trying'

3. Questionnaire to encourage creative problem solving and personal growth:
'Three ways I can'.... be more imaginative, be an explorer, find inspiration....

4. A colored garland to decorate the classroom

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FREE Growth Mindset Posters and Writing Activity

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Create a positive, inspiring and respectful learning environment in your classroom with these FREE imaginative, fun growth mindset posters, garland and writing activity. This freebie forms part of a colorful and uplifting, 50 page Growth Mindset motivational poster and coloring page resource which ...

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Celebrate Strengths Poster, Coloring Pages and Activities

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Celebrate Strengths Poster, Coloring Pages and Activities

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To honor National Dyslexia Awareness Month in October, here are some free coloring and writing activity worksheets. Now you can use the TPT digital tool for distance learning too. Encourage social-emotional learning, help raise awareness, focus on strengths, and encourage a positive mindset for all students. These can be used all year long to encourage a growth mindset and acceptance of different learning styles.

Included are 7 posters that can be printed and colored by students. Students can personalize by brainstorming and writing things they are strong at. Using the TPT digital tool, students can type directly on the pdf to customize the posters. Please note that it is possible to use color in the digital tool, but the easiest way to color the posters is to print them out.

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To honor National Dyslexia Awareness Month in October, here are some free coloring and writing activity worksheets. Now you can use the TPT digital tool for distance learning too. Encourage social-emotional learning, help raise awareness, focus on strengths, and encourage a positive mindset for all ...

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Growth Mindset Posters for Upper Grade levels

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Growth Mindset Posters for Upper Grade levels

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Growth Mindset Posters, Coloring Pages, individual cards

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Growth Mindset Posters, Coloring Pages, individual cards

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These growth mindset posters and cards are perfect for getting your students in a ready-to-learn mindset as the students transition out of summer and back to school! Hang these posters in your room, use them as coloring pages (for early finishers, room decor) or use the smaller card versions for students to make and keep for themselves (on their desks/ notebooks for encouragement, etc).

This sample pack is part of the Growth Mindset bundle (24 quotes total - available in poster size AND smaller card size, color and b&w!) This sample freebie includes the following two phrases, in both poster and smaller card size:

I can't do it...yet! (**this one is my personal favorite phrase!)
I can improve if I keep trying

What is a growth mindset, exactly? It means that you believe your skills and abilities will continue to improve with work, practice and perseverance. This will help your students face tough challenges, bounce back from setbacks, and be open to learning. Compare this to a fixed mindset, which means you believe your skills/ abilities are something you are born with - you either have them or you don't.

Fixed mindset: "I'm not good at math. I can't do this. I'll never get it."
Growth mindset alternative: "I don't understand this yet. If I keep trying, I will get it."

As a social worker in two elementary schools, I am always working with my students to develop a growth mindset to help them be open and motivated to learn. I LOVE getting to create these designs for you - and hope you and your students love them, too!

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These growth mindset posters and cards are perfect for getting your students in a ready-to-learn mindset as the students transition out of summer and back to school! Hang these posters in your room, use them as coloring pages (for early finishers, room decor) or use the smaller card versions for stu...

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Use these 5 Growth Mindset posters to help students remember that having a growth mindset is important! It is a life skill that will have benefits far into their future, so no matter what grade level you teach - it's the perfect time to begin instilling this in your students.

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Famous Quotes for Growth Mindset - Posters

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Famous Quotes for Growth Mindset - Posters

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Here are 6 Posters to help you facilitate discussions about succeeding through failure. Here is a blog post to give you more information:
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Here are 6 Posters to help you facilitate discussions about succeeding through failure. Here is a blog post to give you more information: http://anewdayoflearning.blogspot.com/2016/02/success-from-failure.html You might also like: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Smart-Isnt-Something-Yo...

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Instead of... Self-Talk/ Thought Bubbles Posters for Growth Mindset

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A special freebie for all of the awesome educators and teachers out there! Do you have a student in your class who needs to work on their mindset? Help your students to grow their mindsets with these colorful thought bubbles and posters! Post these in your classroom or near a mirror to read and r...

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The Agile Learner: Where Growth Mindset Habits of Mind and Practice Unite

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