WOW! Our #EduRead conversations have been amazing the past few weeks. This week it was an engaging conversation around growth mindset. The participants shared awesome resources!
I decided to gather the resources here so that I can find them easily in the next few weeks!
First of all, take time to read the article that prompted our conversation:
Even Geniuses Work Hard. If you haven't had a chance to read C. Dweck's book,
Mindset, now is a great time to get started! Also, if you get a chance to take Jo Boaler's course on
How to Learn Math, that is definitely worthwhile as well! And if you need a shortcut, check out
this packet!
Good mathematics is NOT how many answers you know – but how you behave when you don’t know. (See post!)
How to inspire growth mindset in our classrooms: - Help students identify their mindset - use a "quiz" like this one or this one or this one or this one!
- Teach the vocabulary. Put these words on the board, "Word Splash," and ask students to categorize them: ability, attitude, challenge, effort, fixed mindset, grit, growth mindset, intelligence.
- Share a picture book, The Most Magnificent Thing by Spires
- Share videos about making mistakes and overcoming:
Famous Failures
Share your own failures! Ask students to write about learning something new and the mistakes, failures they encountered (riding a bike, skating, ??) Create a "failure quote wall" and share mistakes made! Share a quote of the week! See examples here, here, and here! Be careful what you say ... use this feedback tool! I plan to make a
"no sew banner" for my classroom with one or both of these phrases:
GRIT = SUCCESS THE POWER of YET Maybe, just maybe, I'll have that banner ready for a #made4math entry this summer!
By the way, check out the
post, the