Growth Mindset
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Developing a Growth Mindset with Carol Dweck
Should you tell your students they are smart or talented? Professor Carol Dweck answers this question and more, as she talks about her groundbreaking work on developing mindsets. She emphasizes the power of "yet" in helping students succeed in and out of the classroom.
Readings and Activities
A Concise Guide to Teaching with Desirable Difficulties - Chapter 1 (in Canvas)
"Grit" quiz - takes 1-2 minutes to complete. bit.ly/SP23grit
Angela Duckworth video (6:00)
Small group discussion:
What do you think about the interactions in general and related to growth mindset specifically?
How might your mindset as an LA affect your students?
Why would it be important to be aware of the mindset a student seems to be using? What clues might you get about this mindset?
What are some ways in which you can influence mindset?
Key Takeaways
Growth mindset is not just effort. It is:
Associating effort with success
Reducing the fear of being wrong
Teaching and valuing the process of learning
Correcting mistakes before you make them
Identifying low effort and ineffective efforts
Links and Resources
MIT Teaching & Learning Lab - Creating an Inclusive Classroom: Growth Mindset
"What having a growth mindset actually means" by Carol Dweck - Harvard Business Review (2016)
"How praise became a consolation prize" by Christine Gross-Loh - The Atlantic
Enhancing children's math motivation with a joint intervention on mindset and gender stereotypes
Eduardo Briceño video (10:52)
The Power of Belief - mindset and success with Eduardo Briceno
The way we understand our intelligence and abilities deeply impacts our success. Based on social science research and real life examples, Eduardo Briceño articulates how mindset, or the understanding of intelligence and abilities, is key.
Self-Talk
You can often add the word "yet" to the end of fixed mindset self-talk to turn it into growth mindset self-talk.
"I'm not good at math... yet!"
