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You want kids to know when to ask for help and when to use resources that are available.

Focus on "process praise" and be matter of fact.

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2 Praising specific strategies, not just effort, so as not to foster a false growth mindset.  Great that teens were taught about brain development at their stage!    (Sue McC.)

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2 Praising specific strategies, not just effort, so as not to foster a false growth mindset.  Great that teens were taught about brain development at their stage!    (Sue McC.)

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Teachers may believe their growth mindset with transfer to their students, but this is not true! We must praise the effort and the strategies used, rather than the outcome.

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Focus on "process praise" - as that leads to better learning through good strategies, good use of resources and hard work!

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Neutral praise is okay! Continue to give the neutral praise along with growth mindset praise and compliments.

Also, celebrate the process and strategies that lead to success and not the end product.

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Growth mindset is to Praise not just the effort, but praise the the process of getting to that outcome. It can often be misinterpreted.

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Growth mindset is a balance of process and outcome, not using empty praise, but authentically praising the effort and how it's connected to the outcome.

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False growth mindset can leave a child more frustrated and anxious about their work. Growth mindset gives students strategies to work through challenging tasks. We guide and support students in learning new strategies and asking for help

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Effective teachers who actually have classrooms full of children with a growth mindset are always supporting children’s learning strategies and showing how strategies created that success. Don't praise the effort!

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Don't just praise the effort- that is not a growth mindset "But such empty praise can exacerbate some of the very problems that growth mindset is intended to counter."
Praise the strategies and effort it took to get there.

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Use more encouraging language with your students.

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The whole idea of growth-mindset praise is to focus on the learning process. When you focus on effort, [you have to] show how effort created learning progress or success.

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2 Remember to praise the process, not the outcome.

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2 Remember to praise the process, not the outcome.

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-When a child is facing a difficult task or says "this is hard," ask open-ended or probing questions to encourage students to come up with their own conclusion of how to proceed
-Neutral praise is normal and doesn't need to be avoided- just focus on praise/encouragement on the process not the person

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Helping a student learn a strategy is more powerful than giving him/her false praise.

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-When you say "Wow you really tried hard" but they didn't make progress, it is telling the student you think they can't do any better.
- you want students to know to ask for help when they are 'trying their best' but not progressing.