1. Growth Mindset

2. Does this sound familiar?
I can’t do it
It is too hard
What’s the point trying, I won’t be able to do it
I failed it once, why would I do it again?
Does this sound familiar?
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3. Does this sound familiar?
I love a challenge
I want to do better at that next time
That was hard, how can I improve
How can I get a better result next time
Does this sound familiar?
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4. What is Growth Mindset
“...belief that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point”
Mindset Online

5. Research on Growth Mindset
Students aged nine to 12 years old completed a problem-solving game. They were then told they’d got 80% of the questions right and were praised for either their natural intelligence or how hard they worked on the task. The researchers reported on how the students felt, thought and behaved in subsequent tasks.
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6. Research on Growth Mindset
Two groups of students given a task

7. Research on Growth Mindset
Both groups were told they got 80%

8. Research on Growth Mindset
One group were praised on their effort on the task
The other was praised on their intelligence

9. Praised for Intelligence
Praised for effort
More likely to choose tasks that would make them look smart
Choose tasks where they learnt new things.
Enjoyed the task less
Enjoyed the task more
Less likely to persevere
More likely to persevere
Performed worse in future tasks
Performed better in future tasks
86% asked how their peers did
23% asked for info on peers, the rest on how they could improve
38% lied about how many tasks they completed
13% lied about how many tasks they completed

10. What were the results?
Children who were praised for their intelligence were more likely to choose future tasks that they thought would make them look smart. Children who had been praised for their effort tended to choose tasks that would help them learn new things.
Children praised for their intelligence said they enjoyed the task less when compared to the children who had been praised for their effort.
Children praised for their intelligence were less likely to persist on tasks than the children who had been praised for their effort.
Children who had been praised for their intelligence performed worse in future tasks. The children who had been praised for their effort performed better in future tasks.
The majority (86%) of children praised for their intelligence asked for information about how their peers did on the same task. Only 23% of children who had been praised for effort asked for this type of feedback – most of them asked for feedback about how they could do better.
A significant proportion (38%) of children praised for their ability lied about the number of problems they solved in the task. Only 13% of the children praised for effort did the same.

11. Fixed Mindset
Believe that basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are fixed.
They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort.

15. Key aspects of growth mindset;
Celebrate making mistakes – we can learn from them;
Never give up – perseverance is the key if we are to succeed;
Learn from each other;
Don’t compare ourselves with others;
Challenge ourselves and take risks;
Remember that our brains are making new connections and growing all the time.