Tag: Growth Mindset

For me, my biggest takeaway from college was learning what I didn’t know.

In a growth mindset, there are larger factors than the outcome. Progress and growth are acknowledged as valuable in the learning process.

Athletes will rarely think, “I simply cannot make this shot.” Students–for whatever reason–are more likely to say, “I’m not good at tests.”

Help students develop a growth mindset with these sentence stems, categorized by collaboration, creativity, and other SEL pillars.

Genius requires one to reject convention in pursuit of something special through a mix of intelligence, creativity, mindset, and perseverance. 

Help students understand that ‘help’ is the norm in the creative, scientific, and professional world. Asking for help is OK and necessary.

There are different kinds of mistakes: careless mistakes, systematic mistakes, misconceptions, etc. Students need help understanding this.