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 Fostering A Growth Mindset to Build Confidence, Perseverance, and Success
in Every StudentDecades of research by psychologist Dr. Carol Dweck and colleagues have
shown that we all have fixed and growth mindsets about different aspects
of our lives (Dweck, 2006). A fixed mindset reflects a belief in
natural talent: I'm either good at something or I'm not. A growth
mindset, on the other hand, is a belief that I can get good at something
through effort and learning.
When students and educators have a growth mindset, they understand that
intelligence can be developed. Students focus on improvement instead of
worrying about how smart they are. They work hard to learn more and get
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In partnership with Mindset Works, Scholastic is
pleased to offer three new products to help students and teachers foster
a culture of growth mindset:
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BRAINOLOGY (For Students)Brainology, a blended learning curriculum, teaches students that their
brain is like a muscle that gets stronger with exercise. Addressing
challenges like focusing attention, managing stress, learning new
content and building memory, it provides students with strategies for
helping their brains to grow stronger and perform well.
Brainology includes:
- An online, interactive program that teaches the scientific basis of a growth mindset;
- Classroom activities to help reinforce and practice growth mindset concepts and strategies; and
- A Student Toolkit, which offers planning, and self-assessment tools to implement growth mindset strategies in particular subject areas.
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EDUCATORKIT (For Teachers)An online professional development course that provides teachers with
the knowledge and tools necessary to develop and deepen a growth mindset
in themselves and their students through everyday teaching and
learning.
The EducatorKit includes:
- An online professional development course, "Mindsets & Motivation" designed to help educators learn about the growth mindset and how to incorporate it into their everyday practice;
- Tools for educators to support their own process of adopting and implementing growth mindset practices over time; and
- An online Growth Mindset Community that connects a network of informed educators to help develop and
disseminate knowledge about implementing the growth mindset in schools.
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SCHOOLKITA suite of resources developed to cultivate a school-wide growth mindset culture.
The SchoolKit includes:
- The EducatorKit and it's full suite of online teacher professional development and tools; and
- The Brainology blended learning curriculum.
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Embedding growth mindset in a school or classroom culture includes embedding it into the curriculum.
Similar to the way Scholastic's intervention solutions such as MATH 180, READ 180, and System 44 foster growth mindset, instruction should reflect the language,
strategies, and expectations of effortful learning and risk-taking, and
productive failure. Students need to learn how to persevere in smart and
strategic practices, that may be different from one content area to
another. And teachers and peers need to be enrolled in the culture and
reinforce and reward resilient behavior.
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