Growth Mindset

Below you will find resources to support increasing awareness of having a Growth Mindset! In a nut shell, if you have a growth mindset, you understand that your brain can grow and change to become smarter and smarter. If you have a fixed mindset, you believe that you are either born one way or not: smart or not smart, artistic or not artistic, mathematical or not mathematical. Brain science has shown that are brains are incredibly malleable and that we can all become more (mathy, artsy, musical, fill in the blank) than we were before if we learn, make mistakes, challenge ourselves, and practice!