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= ''[[Climate]]'' [[C3]].4: Promoted a growth mindset in students =
= ''[[Climate]]'' [[C3]].4: Promotes a growth mindset in students =


* Instructor uses incorrect answers as a jumping board to highlight common mistakes: “Thank you for that answer. It gives me an opportunity to talk about a common mistake that I see students make....”  
=== Activities ===
* Use incorrect answers as a jumping board to highlight common mistakes: “Thank you for that answer. It gives me an opportunity to talk about a common mistake that I see students make....”


* Instructor uses “yet” - as in, “you have not '''''yet''''' completely understood this concept/formula, so let us go over it and figure it out together.”  
* Use “yet” - as in, “you have not '''''yet''''' completely understood this concept/formula, so let us go over it and figure it out together.”
* [[Media:WhatDoesItTakeToExcel.pptx|Growth mindset activity]] Associated lesson plan and assignment. [ADD INTERNAL FILES]
* [[Media:WhatDoesItTakeToExcel.pptx|Growth mindset activity]] (Associated [[Media:LessonPlanForGrowthMindset.docx|lesson plan]] and [[Media:GrowthMindsetVideoAssignment.docx|assignment]])
** Instructor reinforces the ideas from the growth mindset activity/assignment - using the growth mindset feedback tool, reminding students about the pledge they made in the assignment, etc. [ADD INTERNAL FILES]
** Reinforce the ideas from the growth mindset activity/assignment using the [[Media:GrowthMindsetFeedbackTool.pdf|Growth Mindset Feedback Tool]], reminding students about the pledge they made in the assignment, etc.
* Use corrections assignments to reward effort and growth rather than penalizing mistakes. Students can submit work and solutions to items they got incorrect on an exam for a return of some or all of their lost points.
* Metacognitive “exam wrapper” to support students’ reflection on their performance
* End of semester reflection


=== Further Learning ===
* Additional resources:
* Additional resources:
** You Can Grow Your Intelligence [ADD INTERNAL FILES]
** [https://www.sccollege.edu/Faculty/vjones/Documents/Grow%20Your%20Brain.pdf You Can Grow Your Intelligence] <ref>Blackwell, L. (2002). ''You can grow your intelligence: New research shows the brain can be developed like a muscle''. Health & Science News You Can Use, p. 6-9. https://www.sccollege.edu/Faculty/vjones/Documents/Grow%20Your%20Brain.pdf</ref>
* Corrections assignments reward effort and growth rather than penalizing mistakes. Students can submit work and solutions to things they got incorrect on an exam for a return of some or all of their lost points.
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* Metacognitive “exam wrapper” to support students’ reflection on their performance
* End of semester reflection

Latest revision as of 14:11, 11 August 2022

Climate C3.4: Promotes a growth mindset in students

Activities

  • Use incorrect answers as a jumping board to highlight common mistakes: “Thank you for that answer. It gives me an opportunity to talk about a common mistake that I see students make....”
  • Use “yet” - as in, “you have not yet completely understood this concept/formula, so let us go over it and figure it out together.”
  • Growth mindset activity (Associated lesson plan and assignment)
    • Reinforce the ideas from the growth mindset activity/assignment using the Growth Mindset Feedback Tool, reminding students about the pledge they made in the assignment, etc.
  • Use corrections assignments to reward effort and growth rather than penalizing mistakes. Students can submit work and solutions to items they got incorrect on an exam for a return of some or all of their lost points.
  • Metacognitive “exam wrapper” to support students’ reflection on their performance
  • End of semester reflection

Further Learning


  1. Blackwell, L. (2002). You can grow your intelligence: New research shows the brain can be developed like a muscle. Health & Science News You Can Use, p. 6-9. https://www.sccollege.edu/Faculty/vjones/Documents/Grow%20Your%20Brain.pdf