1. Don Christensen, Gwynith Hoffman-Robinson, & Rosalie Tepper
Growth Mindset
Don Christensen, Gwynith Hoffman-Robinson, & Rosalie Tepper

2. Take the Mindset Survey

3. Have you ever said I’m not good at ____________?

4. What do you do when you feel you aren’t good at something or you fail?

5. The power of “yet” vs. the tyranny of “now”

6. What is Mindset?
Based upon Carol Dweck’s (2006) research on achievement and success
Beliefs about yourself and your most basic qualities
Can have a Fixed or a Growth Mindset – or a variation
Explains:
Why brains and talent alone don’t bring success
How they can stand in the way of it
Why praising brains and talent doesn’t foster self-esteem and accomplishment, but jeopardizes them
How teaching a simple idea about the brain raises grades and productivity
It is not a promise of a specific result – the focus is on engagement in the learning and growth process

7. Listen for the differences between growth and fixed mindset
Carol Dweck on Mindset
Listen for the differences between growth and fixed mindset

8. Group Activity Characteristics of Fixed Mindset
Characteristics of Growth Mindset
How to use Growth Mindset
with ourselves
with students
Mindset

9. Fixed Mindset (Dweck, 2010)
The belief that basic qualities, like intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits
Time is spent documenting intelligence or talent instead of developing them
The belief that talent alone creates success—without effort

10. What is wrong with a Fixed Mindset?
People who feel they aren’t smart or talented believe it is who they are & it will never change.
People who believe they are smart and talented are scared to risk or take chances – it may be disproved!

11. Growth Mindset
The belief that basic abilities can be developed through dedication, hard work, and strategy—brains and talent are just the starting point
Creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment

12. Your Brain on Mistakes Growth Mindset brains:
Pay more conscious attention to mistakes
Pay more attention to feedback
Improve subsequence performance – in other words – LEARN!
*Moser, Schroder, Heeter, Moran, & Lee (2011)

13. Mindset Graphic

14. What was your Mindset?
Questions 1, 2, 5, & 7 are Fixed Mindset statements
Questions 3, 4, 6, & 8 are Growth Mindset statements
What do you think about your results?

15. Why does Mindset matter?
Students (elementary to medical school) with fixed mindset stay interested in a task only when they do well right away
Students with growth mindset stay interested even when they find the work to be challenging
Mindset predicts achievement
Learning a Growth Mindset may help to reduce the effect of Stereotype Threat
((Aronson, Fried, & Good, 2002; Dweck, 2006; Steele, 2002))

16. Mindset Activity with Rosalie

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