Tag: Growth Mindset

How can I emphasize iteration and progress over 'finishing' and 'completion'? How can I design work that students are interested in returning to improve?

Why What Students Don't Know Is More Important Than What They Do by Terry Heick For me, my biggest takeaway from college was learning what I didn’t know. So many ...

25 Alternatives To 'I Don't Know' & 'I Can't' by TeachThought Staff At the core of a growth mindset is the willingness to change. While you might want to 'change' ...

How do you use the Habits of Mind in the classroom? Start with modeling and metacognition.

10 Ways To Learn Through Failure contributed by Saga Briggs “The question, ‘Would you go back and undo your errors’ is unanswerable. It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have ...

25 Simple Ways To Develop A Growth Mindset contributed by Saga Briggs, InformED What if your true learning potential was unknown, even unknowable, at best? What if it were impossible ...

How To Cultivate A Growth Mindset In Your Classroom contributed by Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers As I (Marcus) walked into the classroom and saw the group of 25 students, ...

How Games Naturally Promote A Growth Mindset contributed by Mary Wissinger Let’s face it: our students are playing games. Lots of them. It’s easy to vilify games and say they ...

An example of 'failing forward': "Your first two drafts didn't work so well, huh? What can you take from each of them--what's salvageable and what's not?"

Establishing A Growth Mindset As A Teacher: 9 Statements Of Affirmation by Terry Heick The ability to change is among the least-appreciated professional characteristics of a teacher. This is especially ...

 How Can We Help Every Student Tap Their Inner Genius? by Zacc Dukowitz, Learnbop.com When we hear the word genius, certain people come immediately to mind—Albert Einstein in mathematics, or ...