Title: 4 Ways to Encourage a Growth Mindset in the Classroom | EdSurge News
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4 Ways to Encourage a Growth Mindset in the Classroom
By Katie Finley Oct 24, 2014
Strategies for helping students develop a growth mindset

Content: a growth mindset can be taught. Dweck found that when students undertook an intervention to move them from a fixed to growth mindset, they immediately began performing at higher levels and achieved greater academic success. In fact, strategies and teaching methods geared toward cultivating this mindset in students are gaining widespread traction. It is accordingly well-documented that the most successful countries in the world base schooling on growth mindset messages and beliefs. Integrating growth mindset-oriented learning processes into the classroom, then, can have a beneficial impact on learning. Let’s talk about how to do it. Strategies for helping students develop a growth mindset
1. Think about setting achievable micro-goals to encourage students’ consistent, incremental progress. Small wins repeated over time can lead to a growth mindset (and increased confidence!). 2.