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Growing Growth Mindsets

Shayna Pond | Published: June 26th, 2023 by K20 Center

Summary

In this collection, you will find resources to support the development of growth mindsets among learners. Growth mindsets serve to improve student motivation by expanding the focus of achievements beyond immediate outcomes, emphasizing the importance of the learning process and personal growth. Someone with a growth mindset is more inclined to embrace challenges and persevere in the face of failures. As such, research suggests that a growth mindset enhances student achievement (and by extension, college preparedness) as well as success beyond high school.

Resources

Professional Learning
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Mindset Makeover

The Mindset Makeover PD focuses on increasing teacher knowledge about growth mindset and how it can be fostered in their classrooms. Through this interactive session, participants will review research on growth mindset and develop their own goals for applying the research to classroom practices. Read more »

Created by: Lindsay Hawkins

Date Updated: July 10th, 2024

Professional Learning
Mindset Makeover

Tag Target Audience

  • Administrators, All Staff or Teachers, New Teachers, PLC, Parents

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year, Pre-Service Training

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10)

Tag Related

  • Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP)

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Action Plans, Active Engagement, College-Going Culture, Cross-Curricular, Increase Teacher "Toolbox"
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Time Frame 3 hours
Professional Learning
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Productive Math Mindsets—Everywhere!

No more "I'm not a math person"! "Growth mindset" is more than a buzz phrase—it shapes instructional choices. This session explores what growth mindset is and how it can support reluctant math learners. The math achievement gap—and the math anxiety and frustration with that—is very real for teachers... Read more »

Created by: K20 Center

Date Updated: July 3rd, 2024

Professional Learning
Productive Math Mindsets—Everywhere!

Tag Target Audience

  • New Teachers, Teachers

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Planning/Collaboration/Conference Time, Pre-Service Training, Summer Session

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4)

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Increase Teacher "Toolbox"
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Time Frame
Lesson 5E Lesson
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What's Mindset Got To Do With It?

Growth Mindset

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Secondary

This interactive inquiry-based lesson focuses on how our mindset impacts how we engage and approach different situations throughout life. Students will reflect on their own mindset and current beliefs that affect growth and fixed mindset. Students will develop a plan to foster a growth mindset. Read more »

Created by: Lindsay Hawkins

Date Updated: November 22nd, 2022

Lesson 5E Lesson
What's Mindset Got To Do With It?

Growth Mindset

Subject Subject

  • Growth Mindset

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Secondary

Course Course

  • Any Secondary Course
More 2 - 3 class periods
Time Frame 80 - 120 minutes
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Walking the Line: The Math Spectrum

A Mathematical Growth Mindset

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - 12th

This lesson focuses on eliminating the emotional fear of mathematics by allowing students to evaluate where they are on the math spectrum and identify their goals moving forward. Students explore math concepts taught in past years and analyze their math knowledge to assess their relationship with mathematics.... Read more »

Created by: Brittany VanCleave

Date Updated: September 12th, 2024

Lesson 5E Lesson
Walking the Line: The Math Spectrum

A Mathematical Growth Mindset

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - 12th

Course Course

  • Algebra 2, Geometry, Middle School Mathematics, Precalculus

Subject Subject

  • Mathematics

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • M.1, M.4, K.PS2
More 90 minutes
Time Frame 1-2 class period(s)
Lesson 5E Lesson
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What Lies Beyond Talent?

Mindset and Neuroplasticity

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 7th - Undergraduate

In this lesson, students will learn about the concepts of growth mindset and neuroplasticity, how to identify their own mindsets, and methods to change them. Students will play through Advance U: The TALENT Machine, a digital game-based learning (DGBL) module, to explore these concepts in an interactive... Read more »

Created by: William Thompson

Date Updated: June 18th, 2024

Lesson 5E Lesson
What Lies Beyond Talent?

Mindset and Neuroplasticity

Tag Related

  • Games, Individual Career Academic Plan (ICAP)

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 7th - Undergraduate

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies

Course Course

  • Psychology

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 9.3.W.3, 9.3.W.5, 10.3.W.3, 11.3.W.3, 12.3.W.3, PS.3, PS.3.3, HS-ETS1-4, M.5
More 2-4 class periods
Time Frame 180 minutes
Game
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Advance U: The TALENT Machine

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th - 12th

McLaren Academy is testing a new machine that is able to determine a person’s “natural talent," assigning people careers in which they never have to struggle or fail. Students must learn about neuroplasticity and growth mindset to teach those in charge that people can grow beyond the limits of their... Read more »

Created by: Jacqueline Schlasner

September 20th, 2021

Game
Advance U: The TALENT Machine

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th - 12th
Educator Resource
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What Comes First? The Chicken or the Egg?

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Oftentimes, Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) and Growth Mindset seem as if they are one and the same. During this activity, students will explore the importance of developing a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) in order to establish a Growth Mindset and will finally... Read more »

Created by: Lindsey Link

Date Updated: June 26th, 2024

Educator Resource
What Comes First? The Chicken or the Egg?

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year

User Group Group Size

  • Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group, Small Group (at least 4), Whole Class

Tag College & Career Readiness Framework

  • College Admissions Procedures, Extracurricular Activities

Tag Family Engagement

  • School Environment, Supporting Student Success
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Time Frame 70-85 minutes
Strategy Instructional Strategy
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My Favorite Mistake

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 11th - 12th

This formative assessment strategy enables teachers to evaluate student misconceptions while also helping them overcome the fear of failure. By celebrating the strengths within "wrong answers" and working out the correct answer as a group, teachers can strategically target students' understanding and... Read more »

Created by: Heather Shaffery

December 20th, 2023

Strategy Instructional Strategy
My Favorite Mistake

User Group Group Size

  • Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Engage/Opening, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Analyze, Collaborate, Evaluate, Problem Solving, Reflection, Review, Self-assessment

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 11th - 12th

Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12)
HS-ETS1-4: Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem with numerous criteria and constraints on interactions within and between systems relevant to the problem.
Oklahoma Academic Standards (Social Studies: Psychology (9th through 12th grade))
PS.3: The student will investigate the structure, biochemistry and circuitry of the brain and the nervous system to understand their roles in affecting behavior.
PS.3.3: Identify the parts of a neuron and explain neurotransmission including the role and impact of various neurotransmitters.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade 10)
10.3.W.3: Students will elaborate on ideas by using logical reasoning and illustrative examples to connect evidences to claim(s).
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade 11)
11.3.W.3: Students will elaborate on ideas by using logical reasoning and illustrative examples to connect evidences to claim(s).
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade 12)
12.3.W.3: Students will elaborate on ideas by using logical reasoning and illustrative examples to connect evidences to claim(s).
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade 9)
9.3.W.3: Students will elaborate on ideas by using logical reasoning and illustrative examples to connect evidences to claim(s).
9.3.W.5: Students will show relationships among the claim, reasons, and evidence and include a conclusion that follows logically from the information presented and supports the argument.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics (Process Standards)
M.1: Develop a Deep and Flexible Conceptual Understanding: Demonstrate a deep and flexible conceptual understanding of mathematical concepts, operations, and relations while making mathematical and real-world connections. Students will develop an understanding of how and when to apply and use the mathematics they know to solve problems.
M.4: Develop Mathematical Reasoning: Explore and communicate a variety of reasoning strategies to think through problems. Students will apply their logic to critique the thinking and strategies of others to develop and evaluate mathematical arguments, including making arguments and counterarguments and making connections to other contexts.
M.5: Develop a Productive Mathematical Disposition: Hold the belief that mathematics is sensible, useful and worthwhile. Students will develop the habit of looking for and making use of patterns and mathematical structures. They will persevere and become resilient, effective problem solvers.
K.PS2: Develop the Ability to Communicate Mathematically: Students will discuss, write, read, interpret and translate ideas and concepts mathematically. As they progress, students’ ability to communicate mathematically will include their increased use of mathematical language and terms and analysis of mathematical definitions.

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