Title: How to Help Children Develop Mastery Orientation
Headings: How Parents Can Help Children Develop Mastery Orientation
How Parents Can Help Children Develop Mastery Orientation
What Sets Students With Mastery Orientation Apart
What Students With Mastery Orientation Believe
How Parents and Teachers Can Encourage Mastery Orientation

Content: They can be contrasted with helpless learners who think that if they are not "smart enough," they might as well not try because they'll never succeed. These risk-averse children are too fearful of looking incompetent to make the moves necessary to grow. They also tend to think of intelligence as being fixed. Students with mastery orientation believe that intelligence can be nurtured and developed. Such students are likely to earn better grades, even in the face of trouble. Psychologists have said that mastery orientation is more positive than performance orientation because it fosters a sense of resilience in children, allowing them to work through failures or setbacks. 2 ﻿ Mastery orientation can help students of all grade levels -- from elementary school to college. How Parents and Teachers Can Encourage Mastery Orientation
Mastery orientation can be encouraged through positive parenting techniques and parental involvement in education. Parents and teachers alike can nurture mastery orientation in students by giving children tasks they care about and tasks that are challenging but attainable for them. The goal should be for students to master a certain skill or lesson rather than for them to earn a certain mark or score for performing the task.