Title: 6 Tips to Help Students Develop a Growth Mindset in the Classroom | Lexia Learning
Headings: 6 Tips to Help Students Develop a Growth Mindset in the Classroom
6 Tips to Help Students Develop a Growth Mindset in the Classroom
What is growth mindset?
Does growth mindset really help kids succeed?
What do teachers think about growth mindset?
1. Read books with characters who face challenges and develop strategies to overcome them.
A few examples include:
2. Conduct activities that give students the chance to practice phrases that promote growth mindset
3. Display visible reminders of growth-mindset vocabulary using inspirational posters and bulletin boards
4. Have students turn in growth-mindset exit tickets
5. When giving feedback to students, use prompts that facilitate a growth mindset
6. Model growth mindset as an educator
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Content: Have students turn in growth-mindset exit tickets
Use reflective questions or personal challenges as "tickets" to leave at the end of class. Doing so will help students learn to evaluate their attitudes and processes related to classwork, build a strong work ethic, and focus on the positive aspects of class—even if they struggled during the lesson. 5. When giving feedback to students, use prompts that facilitate a growth mindset
Rather than awarding feedback such as "You are so smart" or "You did a great job getting an A," encourage higher introspection with prompts. Ask questions about students' processes ("What made you decide to try that method?"), how they can work to improve ("What do you think you can do differently next time?"), and what they took away from their mistakes ("When X occurred, how did you feel and what did you learn from it?"). By providing the opportunity for self-evaluation, students will discover more about their ability to work through to a solution, and will pick up self-talk approaches and questions to ask themselves down the road. 6. Model growth mindset as an educator
When we as educators are faced with a challenge or make a mistake, we can talk through the situation with students and demonstrate the path to learning, helping students make necessary connections in real-life situations.