Developing Growth Mindsets
Principles and Practices for Maximizing Students’ Potential
Teachers are in a unique position to unleash the potential within every student by introducing them to the concepts of brain plasticity and malleable intelligence. These concepts help learners realize that they can become functionally smarter through ongoing effort, perseverance, and the use of effective strategies.
Discovering that learning changes their brains helps students develop a growth mindset—the belief that they can improve their knowledge and skills through the use of learning strategies and with guidance and support from teachers, coaches, and mentors. Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers share strategies and techniques for developing growth mindsets based on their BrainSMART® program for bridging the science of learning to the practice of teaching and elaborate on their seven principles for developing and sustaining growth mindsets:
Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers share strategies and techniques for developing growth mindsets based on their BrainSMART® program for bridging the science of learning to the practice of teaching and elaborate on their seven principles for developing and sustaining growth mindsets:
- Understand the mindsets.
- Keep plasticity front of mind.
- Learn with practical optimism.
- Set growth goals.
- Get the feedback needed.
- Improve methods.
- Focus on progress, not perfection.
By maintaining a growth mindset about your students’ learning potential and applying learning strategies and techniques like those shared in this book, you can guide your students to continually develop a growth mindset—and experience a positive, upward learning spiral of success!
