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    This document discusses the concepts of growth and fixed mindsets. It explains that a growth mindset is the belief that intelligence can be developed through effort and learning from mistakes. Research shows that promoting a growth mindset can improve academic achievement and mitigate the effects of stereotypes. The document provides strategies for developing a growth mindset perspective in students, such as praising effort over ability and teaching about neuroplasticity.

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    This document discusses the concepts of growth and fixed mindsets. It explains that a growth mindset is the belief that intelligence can be developed through effort and learning from mistakes. Research shows that promoting a growth mindset can improve academic achievement and mitigate the effects of stereotypes. The document provides strategies for developing a growth mindset perspective in students, such as praising effort over ability and teaching about neuroplasticity.

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    This document discusses the concepts of growth and fixed mindsets. It explains that a growth mindset is the belief that intelligence can be developed through effort and learning from mistakes. Research shows that promoting a growth mindset can improve academic achievement and mitigate the effects of stereotypes. The document provides strategies for developing a growth mindset perspective in students, such as praising effort over ability and teaching about neuroplasticity.

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    The key takeaways are that there are two main types of mindsets - a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. A growth mindset believes that abilities can be developed through effort and learning, while a fixed mindset views abilities as innate talents. Factors like praise, socioeconomic status, and stereotypes can influence which mindset is developed. Strategies to promote a growth mindset include praising effort over ability and emphasizing that abilities can grow with time and experience.

    The two main types of mindsets discussed are a growth mindset, which believes abilities can be developed, and a fixed mindset, which views abilities as innate talents.

    Factors that can influence the development of a person's mindset include the mindsets of caregivers, teachers, and coaches as well as a person's socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and exposure to stereotypes.

    Promoting a

    Growth Mindset
    Carina Gutierrez
    1. Is intelligence something you’re
    born with?

    2. Can intelligence be changed?


    Academic Achievement
    To what do we attribute successes & failures?
    Mastery-oriented Attributions

    ✘Achievement motivation

    ✘Effort

    ✘Incremental view of ability:


    ability can be improved

    ✘Growth Mindset
    Growth Mindset

    ✘Abilities can be grown & improved

    ✘Focus on learning

    ✘Mistakes aid learning


    What are we trying to prevent?
    Learned Helplessness

    ✘Less motivation to persist

    ✘Ability & Luck

    ✘Entity view of ability:


    ability is fixed

    ✘Fixed Mindset
    Fixed Mindset

    ✘Abilities are innate, predetermined

    ✘Focus on performance

    ✘Avoid challenges
    High effort = Low ability
    Caution

    ✘Not a strict dichotomy

    ✘Differences for different abilities

    ✘Effort does not ensure success

    ✗Resources & opportunities

    ✘Mindsets are malleable


    Development of Mindsets
    How does this happen?
    “They never decide it’s too hard or not
    worth the effort. Babies don’t worry about
    making mistakes or humiliating
    themselves. They walk, they fall, they get
    up. They just barge forward.”
    (Dweck, 2006, p. 16)
    Timeline

    ✘Age 3-5, attributions

    ✘Age 6-10, differentiation between ability &

    effort, as well as external factors


    Contributing Factors

    ✘Mindsets of caregivers, teachers, coaches…

    ✘Low Socioeconomic Status (SES)

    ✘Ethnic-minority

    ✘Stereotypes
    Growth Mindset
    Does it really make a difference?
    Support from Research

    1. As early as age 4, children will choose a


    familiar task over a challenging task
    (Dweck, 2006)

    2. Influence of growth mindset is comparable to


    that of SES
    (Claro, Paunesku, & Dweck, 2016)

    3. Growth mindset can mitigate the effects of


    stereotypes
    (Good, Aronson, & Inzlicht, 2003)
    Strategies, Activities & Lessons
    How can you promote a growth mindset?
    Language: Think About Praise

    Ability vs Effort

    ✘You’re so smart! ✘You worked so hard and


    you learned a lot!

    ✘You’re naturally talented! ✘Your effort really shows!

    ✘¡Eres tan inteligente! ✘¡Trabajas mucho en la


    escuela y se nota!
    “I don’t get it…”
    “I can’t do this…”
    “I’m not good at this…”
    The Power of Yet
    Neuroplasticity!
    The brain changes in response to learning & experiences
    Classroom

    ✘ Celebrate mistakes

    ✘ “What do you want to do when

    you grow up? What will it take

    to get there?”

    ✘ Research heroes
    Resources

    ✘Mindset Kit
    ✘Class Dojo
    ✘Mindset: The New Psychology of
    Success by Carol Dweck
    ✘Mindsets in the Classroom: Building a
    Culture of Success and Student
    Achievement in Schools by Mary Cay Ricci
    “…growth is the
    heart and soul of
    education ─ it is
    the very purpose
    of education.”
    (Dweck, 2015, p. 242)
    Thank You
    Any questions?
    ✘ cgutierrez22@mail.csuchico.edu
    References
    Berk, L. E. (2013). Child development (9th ed.). New York City, NY: Pearson Education.
    Claro, S., Paunesku, D., & Dweck, C. S. (2016). Growth mindset tempers the effects of
    poverty on academic achievement. Proceedings of the National Academy of
    Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (31), 8664-8668.
    Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York City, NY:
    Random House.
    Dweck, C. S. (2015). Growth. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 85, 242-245.
    Dweck, C. S. (2016). Growth mindset doesn’t promise pupils the world. TES: Times
    Educational Supplement, (5187), 38-39.
    Good, C., Aronson, J., & Inzlicht, M. (2003). Improving adolescents’ standardized test
    performance: An intervention to reduce the effects of stereotype threat. Journal
    of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24 (6), 645-662.
    Ricci, M. C. (2013). Mindsets in the classroom: Building a culture of success and student
    achievement in schools. Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
    Yeager, D. S. & Dweck, C. S. (2012). Mindsets that promote resilience: When students
    believe that personal characteristics can be developed. Educational Psychologist,
    47 (4), 302-314.

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