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What do you know or remember about Growth Mindset?

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Based on what you know about Growth Mindset, how can Competency Learning Build a Growth Mindset?

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Based on what you know about Growth Mindset, how can Competency Learning Build a Growth Mindset?

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Write your responses, takeaways from the article you chose.

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FIXED VS GROWTH MINDSET

Most students believe they are born either smart or stupid. They need to be taught to rethink this.

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Thinking about multiple ways and strategies to improve students' learning experience

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Students can feel confident that they will understand the material even if they didn't get it the first time. They will not have to give up.

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Thinking about multiple ways and strategies to improve students' learning experience

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the belief that a person's abilities can be improved through effort, learning, and persistence.

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the belief that a person's abilities can be improved through effort, learning, and persistence.

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A growth mindset embraces challenges. It requires self-honesty and willingness to make mistakes.

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 Struggle is part of growth. Everyone is on a continuum. Instead of saying students don't know we consider what they know and use those as strengths.

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 Struggle is part of growth. Everyone is on a continuum. Instead of saying students don't know we consider what they know and use those as strengths.

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Growth mindset is the belief that we can build/improve our abilities. Be persistent

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Students are capable to improve their skills and talents through consistent work.

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Showing that making mistakes is part of the learning process and that it is okay to make an error - even making mistakes in front of your kids and showing it is okay.

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Fostering an environment where obstacles and struggle are encouraged. Creating opportunities for students to embrace and be comfortable with not being there yet with the aspiration of getting there in the future.

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The mentality that one's lived experience does not or should not create a fixed way of thinking, in which individuals believe there is no room for improvement. Through the growth mindset, there is always room for improvement with appropriate care and effort.

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Change the way of thinking that allow students to evaluate information, ideas, and arguments logically and thoughtfully.

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Growth mindset is an awareness that we are always learning and evolving, and knowing change/improvement is possible.

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Anybody is capable of improving when the appropriate strategies and efforts are applied.

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"Mindset is not entirely an individual matter. It is continually influenced by peers, teachers, parents and the wider culture. As educators, what can we do to help our students cultivate a growth mindset in our schools and classrooms?"

It all begins with US. We have to do the intrinsic work and identify our own biases and come up with a plan on how we would be agents of change. We have to think before we say anything about a students' ability & rephrase this into a growth mindset way. All students are capable of learning English or whatever the objective is, we just have to open the doors and show them how to - judgement free.

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Effective praise goes beyond the binary of simply praising or not praising students; it focuses on the thoughtful delivery of feedback that genuinely fosters growth and motivation. Specificity is key—by identifying the exact behaviors or skills being recognized, educators can help students understand what they did well and why it matters. Additionally, incorporating opportunities for self-reflection allows students to internalize their achievements and recognize their progress. Ultimately, the effectiveness of praise lies in its ability to build a positive, supportive learning environment that empowers students to embrace challenges.

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Thinking about giving feedback or context to students while working on a task... Reshaping the conversation from "is this good or correct" to a conversation about growing.

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Praising their effort when they encounter a difficult task is what keeps from not giving up. This article reminded me so much of my lower level students and it's beautiful because of how they react when they are praised for their work.

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Even 'smart' students can have fixed mindsets. These students may not take on challenges due to the possibility of failure. It is safer, and they can keep up this image of being the intelligent student.

All students need to get out of their comfort zones and realize that it is Ok to fail, as long as we learn from them and try to improve.

I liked how they compared dancing to learning. Someone who believes they are not able to dance will just goof around so that observers see it as not trying, instead of posibiliy failing.

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A belief that one can get good at something through effort and learning. (Practice)

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Don't praise intelligence! Praise effort and process which will boost students' motivation, resilience and learning.

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So often I hear: "this generation is so sensitive" when referring to my generation and those that come after me (gen z, gen alpha). This always bothered me because as this article discusses, it really does matter how to word your praise that will make the difference in whether someone has a fixed vs. growth mindset. It has nothing to do with necessarily being "too sensitive" and more about being conscious about how you react in order to receive your intended consequence, which in this case is a growth mindset.

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Don't praise intelligence! Praise effort and process which will boost students' motivation, resilience and learning.

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The "personal sting" Docketrman and Blackwell mention is very real, and many of our students are sensitive. If we are unsympathetic, it can be read as an ego.

Last year, a freshman wrote in his notebook that he was afraid he would "never learn English." I talked to him casually about it, mentioned it to a supportive parent during our November conferences. He's now in my ELA4 class and is one of the students who takes the most risks while improving his language. He is a student who succeeds with less effort in his other content classes, and he's struggled with accepting the struggle. These articles make me wonder about the students who are on the other side of the coin. How I can actively draw all of my students' attention to this part of the process of learning, especially the students who maybe struggle with school in general and not just language class?

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This article highlights not only the consequences of the right and wrong type of praise, but the importance of keeping our students focused on the process of achievement and helping them build more confidence.

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"We can help them gain the tools they need to maintain their confidence in learning by keeping them focused on the process of achievement." It's so true. We need to know each student well to be able to provide what he/she really needs.

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Find ways to reward resilient behaviors and effort.

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Find ways to reward resilient behaviors and effort.

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"Students with a growth mindset and a solid sense of self-efficacy know how to use each failure productively. The personal sting is only temporary, and the next, thoughtful try is quickly underway."

"Our research shows that educators cannot hand students confidence on a silver platter by praising their intelligence. Instead, we can help them gain the tools they need to maintain their confidence in learning by keeping them focused on the process of achievement."

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Classroom culture is important to the success of growth mindset. The classroom has to reward effort and try its best to not make the student "look dumb" or feel ashamed for wrong answers.

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Classroom culture is important to the success of growth mindset. The classroom has to reward effort and try its best to not make the student "look dumb" or feel ashamed for wrong answers.

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Learned a lot from the examples given on how teacher comments based on praise looks like vs intelligence. Especially the comment on what to say to a student who breezes through an assignment and gets an "A" vs a student who is still struggling even after making a gigantic effort.

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Having GROWTH MINDSET is understanding the process. It is NOT always a smooth journey. But, believing that you can is a PLUS.

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I love how this teacher celebrates mistakes. He also highlights strengths.

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I love how this teacher celebrates mistakes. He also highlights strengths.

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Making Space for Native Languages in Newcomer Classrooms