Growth+Mindset

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 * How do we approach learning new things?
 * How do we deal with failure or mistakes?
 * How do can parents and teachers help children push through the mistakes to reach the point of mastery?

More and more research is showing that our //mindset// is the key to our success. Learn more about Stanford University professor [|Carol Dweck's] work and consider how it might change the way you praise your child, by watching the video below:

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Learning is not limited to school!  We have to figure out ways to help ourselves,our students and our

 own children develop a resilience, or a 'can-do' attitude when tackling new skills. This is a LIFE SKILL.

[|Qu'est-ce que c'est Growth Mindset en Français?] [|INTRODUCCIÓN A MINDSET PARA PADRES en Espanol] [|Sein Potential ausschöpfen – “Mindset” von Carol Dweck - deutsch] = =

"//Failing is another word for growing//" (**You Can Learn Anything** video from Khan Academy)

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 * Growth Mindset resources: **

**1. Books!** There are tons of books out there, written for all ages, which encourage a growth mindset.

Start opening your mind (or your child's) to the idea that mistakes are just part of the journey by

exploring some of the titles found in this list: [|Books That Heal Kids: Effort]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Here are just a few which would be appropriate with children age 4 and up. Adults are moved

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">by these books, so don't rule them out just because your children are in Middle or High School!


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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">**2. [|Brainology] -** This web-based programme is based on Carol Dweck's research and has been

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">developed to teach 11-14 year olds about how the brain works, and that intelligence is not fixed. here

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">is a Questionnaire for students, which is part of the introductory unit of the Brainology programme.

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">**3.** **Research** - read about [|an exciting study] which indicates that simply believing one can learn from

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> mistakes has a physical impact on the brain. This is an appropriate resource to use with students in

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">grades 10-12.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">correlation with confidence and praise. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">[| Angie Pohl, PhD & Julie Gdula, MA 2013]
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px;">Read more about research that documents intellectual changes that occur in teens, and the

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">on his blog <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">[|The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset]” <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> - take a look!
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px;">Author and Educator Larry Ferlazzo has collected a range of excellent growth mindset resources

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">**4.** **Successful people** - Here's [|an impressive list]of famous people who have failed mightily...at first!

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">**5. Self-exploration** - take the [|Mindset Survey] to see where you fit with regards to Fixed vs Growth

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Moving from a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset does not happen overnight. What specific actions will help you/your child get there?
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Changing Mindsets **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Re-think the way you praise your child --- are your words praising the end result or the effort? Consider some of these phrases: **


 * Wow, you have really practiced and it paid off!
 * I can tell you are making a big effort but you are not there **yet** - keep going. I know you will get there.
 * I like the way you kept at that problem until you found the solution.
 * I see you aren't satisfied with your results yet. What can you do to get closer to your goal?
 * Congratulation! All that practicing is making the difference!


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Encourage Positive Self-Talk - **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Evaluate what has happened so far. What efforts are you/they making to bring about change?
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Taking Targeted Action- **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Help your child understand that learning can be messy. **




 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Try learning something new yourself and talk about the challenges you face.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Tackle something new with your child: chess, knitting, rock climbing...help them feel comfortable with those first awkward attempts by going first and perhaps fumbling a bit yourself.