Growth mindset presentation

Raising Student Achievement By Promoting a Growth Mindset

Overview• Fixed versus Growth

mindset• Research on how beliefs

shape learning• How to change mindsets

– 5-session PD invitation

Ann Szekely

Quick SurveyHow many of you have …

• some familiarity with this topic?

• a great deal of familiar with it?

• no previous exposure to mindset research?

Some students are highly motivated and others are not.

Why?

What Motivates Students to Try Hard in School?

Growth Mindset and Achievement

• Decades of research show a powerful relationship between

mindset and achievement.• Students’ beliefs about intelligence and

learning impact:• Motivation• Academic behaviors (e.g., studying and

seeking help)• Responses to challenges and setbacks• Academic achievement

Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset

Fixed mindset Intelligence is a fixed trait. You can’t change it.

Growth mindset You can grow your intelligence through effort.

MindsetsThese two beliefs lead students to very different conclusions about the meaning of events

MindsetsAnd the meaning they make – the narrative they construct – determines the behaviors in which they choose to engage

Photo by Gregory Ewanowich

Blackwell, Trzesniewski, & Dweck 2007

Consequences of Beliefs

Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset

Goal in School?

Values effort?Reaction to

Failure?



Goal in School? Look Smart


Failure?




Goal in School? Look Smart Learn


Failure?


GoalsLooking smart is most important:“The main thing I want when I do my school work is to show how good I am at it."

Learning is most important:“It’s much more important for me to learn things in my classes than it is to get the best grades.”

Fixed mindset

Growth mindset

Goals? Look Smart Learn

Values effort?

Reaction to Failure?


ERP Evidence for How Mindsets Control Attention

Procedure1. Participants asked a question.

2. Participants type their answer.

3. Participants are told whether they are right or wrong.

4. Brain activation is recorded.

5. Participants are told the correct answer.

6. Brain activation is recorded.

WRONG!

And the answer is...






Failure?





Values effort? NoReaction to

Failure?





Values effort? No YesReaction to

Failure?

Value of Effort

Fixed mindset

Growth mindset


Values effort? No Yes

Reaction to Failure?

Effort is negative:“To tell the truth, when I work hard at my school work it makes me feel like I’m not very smart."

Effort is positive:“The harder you work at something, the better you’ll be at it.”






Failure?






Failure? Give Up






Failure? Give Up Work Harder

Response to FailureHelpless“I would spend less time on this subject from now on.”“I would try not to take this subject ever again.”“I would try to cheat on the next test.”

Resilient“I would work harder in this class from now on.”“I would spend more time studying for the tests.”

Fixed mindset

Growth mindset


Values effort? No Yes

Reaction to Failure? Give up Work

Harder

Consequences of MindsetsFixed Mindset Growth

MindsetGoal in School? Look Smart Learn


Failure? Give Up Work Harder

Achievement Lower Higher

Does Growth Mindset Correlate with Achievement?

Evidence From A Nationwide Sample In Chile

• Chilean National Achievement Test

• 10th grade test incorporated Growth Mindset Assessment

• n=147,000

Claro, Paunesku, & Dweck (under review)

Susana Claro

Dave Paunesku

Does Growth Mindset Correlate with Achievement?

Evidence from a Nationwide Sample in Chile

Recursive Processes

Reduced Effort

Lower Achievement

Higher Achievement

Growth Mindset

Increased Effort

Challenge or Failure

Fixed Mindset

Mindsets Can Change!Rigorous research also shows that mindsets can changeWhen they are changed to have a Growth Mindset, students do better

Mindset Interventions

Online Growth Mindset Intervention

Paunesku, Walton, Romero, Smith, Yeager, & Dweck (2015)

Study Design:– 1584 students, SES from 1% to 90% reduced lunch– 13 high schools (8 public, 4 charter, 1 private); SES

from 1% to 90% reduced lunch– 33% Latino, 17% Asian, 23% White, 11% Black, and

16% other/mixed ethnicityIntervention:

– Two 45-minute sessions– Taught about the brain and neural plasticity– Discussed implications for effort, help seeking,

and intelligence

Paunesku, Walton, Romero, Smith, Yeager, & Dweck (2015)

How Do Everyday Interactions Shape Mindsets?

• The language we use tells others what we believe and what we value

• Feedback tells us what is expected of us and what goals we should have

Self-esteem Movement

Praise• Research Question:

Do different kinds of praise influence students’ response to failure?

Claudia Mueller

Mueller & Dweck, 1998

• N = 128 5th grade students

• Standard progressive matrices (Ravens)

Praise Effects on IQ Test Performance:

• Control Group: “Wow, that’s a really good score.”

• Intelligence Praise: “Wow, that’s a really good score. You must be smart at this.”

• Effort (Process) Praise: “Wow, that’s a really good score. You must have tried really hard.”



Part 3: IQ Test: Very Difficult


After Setback

“That’s a lot worse”


• Completed moderately difficult IQ problems

• Received positive feedback (intelligence praise, effort praise, or control)

• Completed very difficult IQ problems

• Received negative feedback that they did a lot worse

• Completed moderately difficult IQ problemsMueller & Dweck, 1998


Number of Problems Solved Before and After

Setback

Control praiseIntelligence praiseEffort praise

Growth Mindset PraiseDon’t Focus On:

– Qualities commonly interpreted as stable, like talent or intelligence

Do Focus On:– Effort and strategies used

“I like how you tried a new way to solve that.”– Abilities improving over time with practice

“You’ve been practicing and I can see it’s paying off.”– Mistakes and being challenged as necessary part

of learning“I love mistakes because they’re an opportunity to learn – being challenged is when the brain grows most.”

What Can We Do For Our Students?

Let’s Learn Together!• You are invited to participate in an

upcoming professional learning cycle• Learn simple ways to cultivate a Growth

Mindset in your students• We will use resources developed by

Stanford University’s PERTS Laboratory (the Project for Education Research That Scales)

Mindset Kit – mindsetkit.org

Questions? Comments?How do mindsets show up in

your classrooms?

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