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Growth Mindset is when a student believes with persistence, scaffolding, and time s/he will learn. By giving the students time and practice in order for them to maintain and expand their growth mindsets.

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In what ways might we create room for positive failure in the classroom so that students can better develop a growth mindset and persist through the task at hand?

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Our most effective solution is to focus on the learning process, not the end product. We believe this aligns with Carol Dwecks belief of the "Power of Yet".

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The power of yet | Carol S Dweck | TEDxNorrköping

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Learning from your failures and to focus on the learning process. Putting full effort into everything. "The power of believing that you can improve".

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Carol Dweck: The power of believing that you can improve

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Carol Dweck researches "growth mindset" - the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that's slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it ...

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- Curriculum and assessment to improve teaching and learning.
- A Safe and Healthy School Environment
-Organizing Relationships for Learning

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5. Curriculum and assessment to improve teaching and learning.

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5. Curriculum and assessment to improve teaching and learning.

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If curriculum doesn’t leave room for positive failure, then they won’t be as likely to do so. Additionally, if assessment is too strict, students will do the opposite of our solution and focus too much on the end product rather than the learning process.

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6. A Safe and Healthy School Environment 

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6. A Safe and Healthy School Environment 

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If students don’t feel safe in their school/classroom, they aren’t as likely to be open to trying new things or be as comfortable with failure.
Low affective filter- students have higher confidence, are more willing to explore new topics, and are more willing to take risks

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7. Organizing Relationships for Learning

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7. Organizing Relationships for Learning

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Putting students into teams has the potential to offer them perspectives outside of their own and peer support with the hope of their growth mindset expanding

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What is a practical activity to help expand your students' growth mindset?
What are benefits of having a growth mindset?
What is the solution to our main problem? (*Hint it's in our presentation!)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1CHPnZfFmU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-swZaKN2Ic