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The College ClassroomFebruary 6, 2013
Week 5: Fixed vs growth mindset and assessments that support learning
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• way too long – had to skip all stuff about rubrics
• cut A/B qs from beginning – flow chart does same
• clip examples of growth – come out later in hobby/ed
• speedier thru 2x2 matrices but worked well – colored paper for each of 4 matrices, made it v easy for students to get together. need to color code matching slides so you know who to look for to give answers.
Vocabulary Check: Mindsets [1]
The helpless [children] believe that intelligence is a fixed trait: you have only a certain amount, and that’s that. I call this a ‘fixed mind-set.’
The mastery-oriented children think intelligence is malleable and can be developed through education and hard work.
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Fixed, Entity, Performance-oriented
Growth, Malleable, Incremental,Mastery- oriented
Fixed or Growth?
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Fixed
Growth
Children shun effort in the belief that having to work hard means they are dumb.
A B
If you believe that you can expand your intellectual skills, you want to do just that.
A B
Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change.
A B
They want to learn above all else. A B
Fixed or Growth?
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Fixed
Growth
They avoid challenges because challenges make mistakes more likely and looking smart less so.
A B
Challenges are energizing rather than intimidating; they offer opportunities to learn.
A B
Because slipups stem from a lack of effort, not ability, they can be remedied by more effort
A B
Students were destined for greater academic success and were quite likely to outperform their counterparts.
A B
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Graphic by Nigel Holmes [2]
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Agency “Human agency is the capacity for human beings to make choices. It is normally contrasted to natural forces, which are causes involving only unthinking deterministic processes.”
Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency_(philosop
hy)
We’ve all been there…14
You’ve written posts on the course blog about times when you encountered fixed mindsets.
When have you encountered a growth mindset, in yourself or someone you know?
2-minute Think, Pair, Share
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Fixed vs. growth mindset influences…
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our [students’] motivation to attempt a task:
True or false? A growth mindset is necessary for deliberate practice.
how we react to feedback:fixed mindset
growth mindset
praise ? ?criticism ? ?
Feedback and Practice that Enhance Learning (How Learning Works)
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Writing – public policy coursePresentations on research – medical anthropology
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Instructors’ expertise and bias not clear to students (or themselves)
Feedback and Practice that Enhance Learning (How Learning Works)
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Solution: Goal-directed practice coupled with targeted feedback are critical to learning. [3]
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Images: Excellent Shot by Varsity Life on flickr CCMusic by Piulet on flickr CC
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Solution: Goal-directed practice coupled with targeted feedback are critical to learning. [3]
[G]oals can direct the nature of focused practice, provide the basis for evaluating observed performance, and shape the targeted feedback that guides students’ future efforts.
[p. 127]
[T]argeted feedback gives students prioritized information about how their performance does or does not meet the criteria so they can understand how to improve their future performance.
[p. 141]
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Scenarios
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feedback at appropriate level
feedback not at appropriate level
productive practice unproductive practice
practice is goal-directed
practice not goal-directed
timely feedback untimely feedback
Find 2 others with the same colored sheet as you. Fill out the table
together.
Feedback at Appropriate Level Feedback not at Appropriate Level
sport/hobby ________________
education __________________
Productive Practice Unproductive Practice
sport/hobby ________________
education __________________
Practice Goal-directed Practice not Goal-directed
sport/hobby ________________
education __________________
Timely Feedback Untimely Feedback
sport/hobby ________________
education __________________
Appropriate Level of Challenge24
Glued to Games [4]: Psychological exploration (and comparison with educational practices) of characteristics of games that drive people to spend time and succeed.
James Paul Gee [5] “What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy”
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angrybirds.com
Instructional Scaffolding25
Needs to be given BEFORE and BUILT INTO assignment
Outlines what it takes to improve Supports Zone of Proximal Development [6]
(“reasonable yet challenging goal” [2]) Rubrics
Use to support growth mindsets Path to improvement
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Clicker question27
Does this rubric foster aA) fixed mindsetB) growth mindsetC) neitherD) both
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Teaching Statement Rubric
Goals for student learning
Enactment of goals (teaching method)
Assessment of goals (measuring student learning)
Creating an inclusive learning environment
Structure, rhetoric and language
ExcellentNeedsWork
Weak
Assessment Strategies…
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addressing the need for goal-directed practive
addressing the need for targeted feedbackWork on the hand-out,
thinking about what you’ve experienced or
what you aspire to do in your field.
Take Away30
Plan your course (learning outcomes, assessments and activities)
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Carl Wieman Science Education Initiativecwsei.ubc.ca
Take Away31
Plan your course (learning outcomes, assessments and activities)
Motivation and Expertise Growth mindset is necessary for deliberate
practice, development of expertise Behave in the classroom
Rewarding errors, etc. Take care to support and be sensitive to
minority experiences be aware of your own mindset towards your
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Watch for email/post about writing a Teaching Statement
Next Week: Cooperative Learning
References
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1. Dweck, C.S. (2007). The Secret to Raising Smart Kids. Scientific American, 18, 6, 36-43.
2. Nigel Holmes http://nigelholmes.com/home.htm
3. Ambrose, S.A., Bridges, M.W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M.C., & Norman, M.K. (2010). How Learning Works. San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass.
4. Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound http://www.gluedtogames.com/
5. Gee, J.P. (2005). Learning by Design: good video games as learning machines. E-Learning 2, 1, 5-16.
6. Wertsch, J.V. (1984). The zone of proximal development: Some conceptual issues. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 1984, 23, 7–18.