Growth Mindset – Page 2

10 Ways To Honor Mistakes In The Learning Process

From adjusted grading policies to framing learning as a messy process, there are many ways to honor mistakes in the learning process.

How can you help your students develop a growth mindset? Ask them to add ‘yet’ to the end of their ‘I can’t do this’ statements.

My colleague and I took a constructionist approach to teaching. Our students tinkered, failed, learned, and created. Here’s how we did it.

I am responsible for everyone and thing in this class and therefore at times what I say and do may confuse you or even seem unfair or wrong.

By using uniform standards and assessment forms, our education system often punishes errors, rather than rewarding risk-taking.

Psychology-based strategies that help students learn include modeling, student choice, and a clear sense of progress in the learning process.

“Ohhh, I get it.” The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign you’ve moved a student. Something you want to hear your students say.

The power of “I don’t know” returns the learning to the student and restores the scale of understanding to a universe of knowledge.